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procal actions of different surfaces value of fences natural 

 ones evergreens why do leaves fall ? stores prepared for the 

 birds injuries done by grubs the enemies of grubs rooks 

 rookeries habits of rooks their councils their administration 

 of justice pugnacity of animals they attack the weaker party- 

 situation of rookeries injuries done by rooks the raven its 

 imaginary character its description, and real one raven's nest 

 its habits the raven in the wilderness utility of ravens the 

 natural voice the adaptation of fecundity to waste vegetable 

 life and action the limits within which art may modify them 

 structure and functions of plants component parts of stems 

 is there any circulation in plants ? no proof of it formation 

 of wood and bark living part of a tree facts irreconcileable 

 with a circulation formation of buds uses of plants, and 

 advantages of the study of them the magpie its appearance 

 and habits virtft of the magpie inventory of its cabinet its 

 disposition nest distribution of the crow tribe the jay its 

 habits difficulty of studying it in a state of nature its nest- 

 its mimic powers the jackdaw the schoolboy and jackdaw's 

 nest royal protection of jackdaws chough peculiarity of its 

 distribution superiority of nature to art the AUTHOR of na- 

 ture migratory and resident birds eagles and hawks owls 

 seasonal prognostics, their use and abuse active and passive 

 energy both inversely as mass and magnitude, but the ratio not 

 determined there are improvements, but no second creation 

 of species all are of THE ONE Creator Concluding reflections 92255 



PART THIRD. SUMMER. 



Beauty of the summer its effect in the high latitudes its 

 coming in Britain it is THE museum summer morning- 

 morning insects reveillie on the hill the green plover 

 the dottrell another note the bittern habits where and 

 how it booms the summer dew sunrise on a mountain the 

 effects on sea and land looming and mirage heat cascade 

 in the woods woodpeckers the green its habits wood- 

 peckers and ants spotted woodpecker small woodpecker 

 wryneck titmice the great the cole the bluecap, and 

 others summer birds the warblers kinds of warblers- 

 blackcap whitethroat change of birds in districts the 

 petty chaps summer evening walk lesser petty chaps the 

 nightingale wagtails their habits chats the wheatear 

 other chats cause of incubation the crake its singular 

 habits the goatsucker swallows and wasps hint at what 

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