CONTENTS 



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I. DOVES .... . 3 



II. THE OCCUPATIONS OF ANIMALS . . .11 



III. GREEN PARROTS 17 



IV. THE TAILOR-BIRD 25 



V. TAILS 33 



VI. THE KING-CROW 39 



VII. CONCERNING CATS 47 



VIII. A LITTLE NURSERY AND ITS OCCUPANTS . 57 



IX. THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT ... 65 



X. COCK ROBIN'S MURDERER . . . .71 



XI. THE NATURALIST IN A RAILWAY TRAIN . 81 



XII. THE CLOWNS OF THE FOREST ... 87 



XIII. MASTER IMPUDENCE 93 



XIV. KINGFISHERS 101 



XV. THE BLUE JAY . . . . . in 



XVI. THE SWARMING OF THE WHITE ANTS . .119 



XVII. THE PHARISEE OF THE JUNGLE . . .127 



XVIII. FLYING FOXES 133 



XIX. THE HOOPOE . . . . . .139 



XX. UNNATURAL HISTORY ANCIENT AND MODERN 147 



