CONTENTS 



PAQK 



I. BIRDS AT THEIR BEST . . . .1 



II. BIRDS AND MAN 37 



III. DAWS IN THE WEST COUNTRY . . . .58 



IV. EARLY SPRING IN SAVERNAKE FOREST . . 79 

 V. A WOOD WREN AT WELLS . . . .101 



VI. THE SECRET OF THE WILLOW WREN . , 117 



VII. SECRET OF THE CHARM OF FLOWERS . . 133 



VIII. RAVENS IN SOMERSET . . . . 159 



IX. OWLS IN A VILLAGE 173 / 



X. THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SHELDRAKE . 187 



XI. GEESE : AN APPRECIATION AND A MEMORY . 199 



XII. THE DARTFORD WARBLER . , , . 222 



XIII. VERT VERT ; OR PARROT GOSSIP y , . . 249 



XIV. SOMETHING PRETTY IN A GLASS CASE 269 

 XV. SELBORNE . . / . . . , 283 



INDEX . 303 



