INDEX 



ACONITE, the, 365. 



Alder buckthorn, 115. 



Alder-tree in winter, 245. 



Anticyclones, 150, 151. 



Arum, wild, 373. 



Ash, autumn foliage of, 100 ; 

 winter form of, 244. 



Aspens in winter, 244. 



Auks, winter food of, 331, 332. 

 See also Little auk. 



Austrian pine, the, 274. 



Autumn, flowers of, 79 ; foli- 

 age, 16,92, 195; melancholy 

 of, 17, 19; signs of spring 

 in, 14. 



Avocet, beak of, 322, 324. 



BADGER, the, 251, 254. 



Balsam seed, 41. 



Bark moth, the, 128, 146. 



Bats in winter, 131, 308. 



Beaks of birds, adaptation of, 

 322. 



Bearberry, the, 123, 124. 



Bearded tits, 356, 360. 



Beech-mast, 35. 



Beeches, autumn foliage of, 

 TOO, 101, 195; winter form 

 of, 239. 



Bees, 15, 16, 131, 146. 



Belgium, fishing laws of, 388. 



Bcrberis, 94. 



Bernacle geese on Norfolk 

 Broads, 356. 



Berries, autumn, 112, 195, 

 319; definition of term, 119. 



Bilberries, 114, 123, 124. 



Birch, winter form of, 245. 



Birds, adaptability of beaks to 

 dietary, 322 ; autumn migra- 

 tions to south, 104, 181 ; 

 death during migration, 331 ; 

 distances traversed by, 1 06 

 etseq. ; feeding of, 223-230 ; 

 flocking of, 70 ; pairing and 

 early song of, 376-385; in 

 London, 336 ; sufferings 

 from frost, 295 ; wet climate 

 favoured by, 316 ; winter 

 dress of, 279, 280 ; winter 

 feeding habits by sea and 

 land, 319, 328 ; winter 

 song of, 372, 376; winter 

 visitors or birds of passage, 

 169-183. 



Bittern, the, 31, 355, 362. 

 Blackberries, 102, 116. 

 Blackbirds, 114, 117, 182, 347, 



348, 377, 381- 

 Black-headed gulls, 108, 328, 



337-339- 

 Bluebell, young spikes of, 373, 



374- 



Blue butterflies, 60. 

 Blue tits, 225, 349, 380. 

 Box-tree, the, 276. 

 Bracken in autumn, 101, 102, 



196. 



Bramble in winter, the, 278. 

 Brambling, the, 171, 325. 

 Brent geese, 294, 361. 

 Breydon, 182, 358. 

 Brightwen, Mrs., 3, 224. 

 Brimstone butterflies, 58. 

 Broom in winter, 277. 

 Bryony-berries, 115, 116. 

 Buff-tip moth, caterpillar of, 



66, 67. 

 Bulbs and tubers in autumn, 



17- 



Bullfinches, 117, 325. 

 Buntings, 322. 

 Burlepsch, Baron, method of 



feeding birds, 226 et seq. 

 Burrs, 43. 



Butchers' broom, 277. 

 Butterflies, 53, 60, 129, 145, 



147. 

 Buzzards, 178, 355. 



CABBAGE-WHITE BUTTERFLY, 



cocoon of, 145. 

 Cader Idris, peaks of, 313. 

 Camberwell-beauty butterfly, 



Campanulas, 195. 

 Canadian autumn, the, 14, 95. 

 Candlemas Day, 364. 

 Carrion crows, 345, 578. 

 Caterpillars in autumn, 63, 68. 

 Catkins, 20. 

 Celandine, lesser, 371. 

 Centaury, common, 83. 

 Chaffinches, 73, 178, 279, 348, 



382. 



Cherry-trees, 95, 96, 100, 248. 

 Chestnut-trees, winter forms 



of, 248, 249. 

 Chicory, 195. 

 Chiffchaffs, migrations of, 218. 



Chough, the, in. 

 Chrysalides, 145, 147. 

 Clematis, wild, 38, 40, 41. 

 Cloudberry, 124, 125. 

 Clouded-yellow butterflies, 59. 

 Clover, 21, 22, 43, 44. 

 Cockchafer, the, 147. 

 Cocoons, 145. 

 Cole tits, 228, 329. 

 Colouring matter in autumn 



foliage, 96, 97. 

 Comma butterfly, 55, 56, 58. 

 Coots, 279, 352, 353, 357. 

 Copper butterflies, small, 60, 



197. 

 Cormorants, winter food of, 



332. 



Corn marigold, the, 88, 195. 

 Corncrake, the, 15, 16, 30, 31. 

 Corsican pine, the, 274. 

 Coursing of hares, 259. 

 'Covey system,' among birds, 



23- 



Cowberry, the, 123, 124. 

 Cow-parsley in February, 374 

 Crack willow in winter, 244. 

 Cranberry, the, 124, 125. 

 Crossbills, 72, 218, 287. 

 Crowberries, 123, 124. 

 Crows, 178, 182, 331, 345, 



36o, 376, 377. 

 Cub-hunting, 184, 186. 

 Cuckoo, the, 26, 67, 104, 177. 

 Cuckoo-pint berries, 121. 

 Curlew-sandpiper, 107. 

 Curlews, 171, 176, 361. 

 Cyclones, 150, 151. 



DABCHICKS ON LONDON 



PONDS, 350. 



Daisy in winter, the, 373. 

 Dandelion, 39, 40, 373. 

 Dead nettles, 373. 

 Deadly nightshade, 113, 115. 

 Death's - head hawk moth, 



caterpillar of, 65, 66. 

 December, calendar of, 221. 

 Deer, British, 201, 261. 

 Devil's- bit scabious, 81, 82. 

 Dewberry, 125. 

 Divers, 181, 361. 

 Dogfish, the, 330. 

 Dog's mercury, 370. 

 Dormouse, hibernation of, 134, 



299 ; nuts gnawed by, 118. 



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