INDEX. 



Larder, A weasel's, 120 



"Leather-jackets" destroyed by starlings, 76 

 Lens, Importance of buying a good, 2 

 , Teleplioto, and its uses, 7 



, , Possibility of photographing deer 



with, 134 



-, Possibility of photographing horses 

 with, 116 



, , and seals, 173 



Leverets, Photographing a pair of, 116 



Light emitted by glow-worm, 147 



Limpets above high water mark, 180 



Lizards as "sitters," 170 



Lobster, Attempts to photograph, under 



water, 174 



London, The birds of, 56 

 Love-making of hares, 113 



Mammals, British, 113 



Men to assist in clitf work, 23 



Mice, Nests of, 132 



, their cunning and timidity, 131 



Mole, How a, caught beetles, 130 

 Moles. Great strength of, 128 



, How to catch alive, 129 



, Inability to do without food for more 



than twelve hours, 131 

 , When they come to the surface of the 



ground, 129 



Mollusca on rocky shores, 178 

 , Wandering habits of, 179 

 Moorhen, Curious noise made by a, 71 

 Moorhens, How I caught a number of young, 



70. 



, How they hide their nests. 70 



Moth, Ermine, 146 

 Moths, " Sugaring " for, 143 

 , Suitable nights for "sugaring' 1 for, 144 

 that may be photosrraphed by daylight 



148 



Mourning period of a blackbird, 68 

 Mouse, A pet, 132 

 , How I caught a, 131 

 Music of frogs, 1 66 

 Mussel, Anchor threads of, 177 

 Mussels in millions, 176 



Naturalist, Impression made upon, by great 

 skua, 108 



Needle and thread stolen by a wren, 92 



Nest, Great Tit's, inside a thrush's, 91 

 , Watching a bird build its, 54 



Nesting places, Curious, 89 



Nests betrayed by male birds, 52 



, Helping birds to build their, 54 



, How moorhens hide their, 70 



, How to search for, 47 



in high hedges, How to photograph, 42 



in trees, How to examine interiors of, 41 



in trees, Photographing, 40 



, " Mock," made by great skuas, 111 



of game birds, 52 



of ground-building birds, How to find, 52 



of harvest mice, 132 



of predatory birds, 52 

 Newts caught and lost, 162 



Noup of Noss a sea-fowl paradise, 103 

 Nuts, Squirrels' fondness for 127 



Observation, Cultivating powers of, 49 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands rich in sea-bird 



life, 100 

 Otters, Alertness of 



Parasites on birds and fish, 106 



Periwinkle feeding, ISO 



Pheasant sitting on her nest whilst her eggs 



were being stolen by a stoat, 119 



versus fox, 121 



Photographing a chaffinch and nest in a dark 



place, 82 

 a humble bee asleep, 152 



a pair of Leverets, 116 



a pied blackbird feeding her young, 68 

 a small tortoiseshell butterfly, 13<> 



birds feeding their young, 72 



common rats, Difficulties of, 122 



fish in the water, 103 



fledglings, 83 



flying birds, 3 



from boats, 44 



in cliffs, trees, &c., Necessary qualifica- 

 tions for, 20 



moving objects, 44 



nests in trees, 40 



the photographer at work, 36 

 wild birds at roost, S 



- with the camera in a coal-scuttle, 105 

 Piano, Squirrel's love for sounds of a, 125 

 Plates, the best kinds to use, 6 

 Play, Rabbits at, 117 

 Pneumatic tubing and its uses, 4 

 Preservation, Effect of, on great skuas, 111 

 Preservers of the great skua, 108 

 Puffins, The fun of stalking, with a camera, 



101 

 Purple shells, Dye from, 179 



Rabbits at play, 117 



, How to attract them, 118 



, How to photograph them, 118 

 Rat, common, Habits of, 122 



, Old British black, 122 



Rats, How their habitat is extended, 123 



Reason versus instinct, 26 



Reed Pheasant, 49 



Robin's nest, Accident to a, 58 



nest in a biscuit-box, 60 



nest in hand-basket, 89 



Rocky Shores, Mollusca upon, 178 



Romans as introducers of foreign animals, 157 



Rooks' nests, 93 



Rope, How to pay out to cliff descender, 31 



Ropes, Care of, in descending a cliff, 30 



, Importance of retaining hold of, 32 



used for descending cliffs, 20 



Rubbish-heap, artificial, Advice about using, 

 16 



heap, artificial, How to make, for hiding 



in, 15 



Salmon breeding, Habits of, 180 

 Salt, A child's attempt to catch birds by a 

 pinch of, 94 



