CONTENTS 



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I. BIRD MIGRATION . .... . . 1 



II. THE POWER OF BIRDS TO ENDURE COLD . . 9 



III. A LAKE SANCTUARY ... . ... 10 



IV. THE CANADIAN POND-WEED .... 13 

 V. THE SHOVELLER ...... 18 



VI. THE SCAUP DUCK ...... 19 



VII. THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE .... 20 



VIII. SPRING SALMON 22 



IX. WINTER FLOWERS 25 



X. WEST COAST METEOROLOGY .... 28 



XI. THE BOTTLE-TIT 31 



XII. FEATHERED POLICE 34 



XIII. REVIVAL OF PRIMITIVE FAUNA ... 36 



XIV. ANGLO-SAXON MONTH-NAMES .... 39 

 XV. THE RIVER OF THOR 40 



XVI. A WINTER DAY IN CAITHNESS .... 43 



XVII. RAVENING ROOKS ...... 45 



XVIII, ROBERT DICK . .... . . 49 



XIX. SNOWED UP 51 



XX. THE HIGHLANDS IN WINTER .... 55 



XXI. THE FROZEN RIVER 58 



XXII. THE FOES OF SALMON 59 



XXIII. THE SMELT 61 



XXIV. A NORTH-COUNTRY HALL ...... 64 



XXV. WRECK AMONG ROOKS . "".""' ..:. 70 

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