CONTENTS. 



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i. THE NATURALIST AT SEA i 



2. A MUCH-ABUSED BIRD 8 



3. THE CROWS AND PING-PONG 14 



4. THE NATURALIST IN HIS BUNGALOW 17 



5. THE NATURALIST IN HIS VERANDAH 24 



6. THE CUCKOO 32 



7. Ax EIGHT-LEGGED ISHMAELITE 36 



8. INSECT INVADERS 44 



g. MEDIAEVAL NOTIONS OF INDIAN NATURAL HISTORY. 49 



10. A MISNAMED BIRD 54 



ii. DUTCH NIGHTINGALES 59 



12. A NATURALIST'S NOCTUARY 64 



13. THE MALARIA MIDDLEMAN 71 



14. MAMMALS OF THE AIR 76 



15. THE KING-CROW 82 



16. THE HOME OF THE SWIFT 87 



17. MUSCA DlABOLICA 94 



18. HOBBLEDEHOYS 100 



19. A WINTER VISITOR 106 



20. A TWILIGHT IDYLL 1 1 T 



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