CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR .... xiii 



I. MINOR MASONS i 



II. CARPENTER BIRDS 8 



III. THE FAUNA OF THE RAILROAD . . . 16 



IV. ON THE MARCH 25 



V. ROAD-MAKING ANIMALS ..... 33 



VI. LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 41 



VII. ANIMAL DEPENDENCE ON WEATHER . . 50 



VIII. IN THE TIME OF FLOODS .... 58 



IX. THE MIGRATIONS OF INSECTS .... 65 



X. ANIMALS AND POISON 72 



XI. WILD SWANS 79 



XII. TAME CYGNETS 86 



XIII. THIRSTY BIRDS 94 



XIV. How ANIMALS LEARNT TO CLIMB . . .100 

 XV. CROSSBILLS AT WORK . 107 



XVI. THE SENSE OF DIRECTION . . . .114 



XVII. THE "SIXTH SENSE" 119 



XVIII. THE MIND OF A GARDENING ANT . . .123 



XIX. THE POWER OF FASCINATION . . . .136 



XX. THE COURAGE OF THE SMALLER ANIMALS . 144 



