CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



" IN THE BEGINNING " i 



SOME NECESSARY APPARATUS FOR THE NATURALIST 6 



PART I. THE ANIMAL WORLD. 



SECTION I. VERTEBRATES. 



I. BRITISH MAMMALS 21 



CETACEA Whales and Porpoises 22 



INSECTIVORA (" Insect-eaters ") 26 



CHEIROPTERA (" Hand- winged ") Bats 30 



CARNIVORA (" Flesh-eaters ") 32 



RODENTIA (" Gnawing Mammals ") Hares, Rabbits, etc. 39 



UNGULATA (" Hoofed Mammals ") Deer, Wild Cattle, Sheep, and Goats 46 



II. BIRDS 51 



CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS 55 



HOW TO OBSERVE BlRDS 58 



GUIDE TO BRITISH BIRDS 59 



I. BIRDS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SPARROW 68 



III. BIRDS (CONTINUED) 99 



II. BIRDS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BLACKBIRD 99 



III. BIRDS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WOOD PIGEON 112 



I IV. BIRDS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A ROOK 126 



HOW TO ATTRACT THE BlRDS 139 



HOW TO IDENTIFY NESTS AND EGGS 140 



IV. REPTILES 143 



LACERTILIA Lizards 143 



OPHIDIA Snakes 145 



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