CONTENTS 



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I. IS ANIMAL LIFE SACRED ?...,,, 1 



II. WILLIAM SCROPE . 7 



III. SCIENCE IN WANT OF A COMMON LANGUAGE . . 14 



IV. PROTECTIVE COLORATION 15 



V. A NEW EAGLE . 18 



VI. THE SNOWDROP .20 



VII. GORSE AND GROMWELL . . . . 21 



VIII. FROSTED HEATHER ..... . . 22 



IX. THE BADGER . . 24 



X. MERCY IN FIELD SPORTS 27 



XI. WINTER NOTES 32 



XII. FOWLS OF THE AIR 37 



XIIA. RABBIT-PROOF PLANTS . . . . . . . 48 



XIII. A MILD WINTER . . 49 



XIV. THE CURLEW SANDPIPER ... . . . 51 



XV. FUDDLING CHUB . . . . . . . , 52 



XVI. FROM A HIGHLAND STRATH . . . . . . 53 



XVII. THE PASSING OF WINTER . ... 56 



XVIII. SPRING SALMON . . . . .... * 60 



XIX. THE YEW . . . - . . > ...... . 66 



XX. FLOWERLESS PLANTS . . . .,..- . 68 



XXI. THE MOLE . . . ... . . 71 



XXII. A BLANK DAY'S FISHING . . . . , 76 



XXIII. WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER 83 



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