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INDEX 



Dickens, Charles, 325. 

 Dog's mercury, 278, 285. 

 Dormouse, 305. 

 Dragon fly, 253. 



Early memories, 28. 



Early spring, 278. 



Earwig, 38. 



Elm, 40. 



Emperor Victorinus, a coin of, 47. 



Eyes, advantage of two good, 12. 



Eyes and ears, use of, 5, 27. 



Fallow deer, 154. 



Field mice, 130. 



Fir tree, a legend of the, 54. 



Flycatcher, pied, 31. 



Foreign animals in English park, 



327- 

 Fossils, 41. 

 Fox, 140. 

 Frog, 2. 



Frog hopper, 249. 

 Furze, 34. 



Gallflies, 318. 



Glow worm, 240. 



Grasshoppers, 40, 246. 



Grass snake, 232. 



Great brown water beetle, 258. 



Great tit, 218. 



Green hellebore, 278, 285. 



Gulls in London, 204. 



Hawthorn, 35. 



Hedgerows, 35. 



Hedge sparrow, 219. 



Holly, 325. 



Horse chestnut, 34. 



House sparrow, 202. 



" Howlers," some curious, 28. 



How to stalk wild animals, 127. 



Insect acrobats, lamplighters, and 



musicians, 240. 

 Introduction for boy scouts, v. 

 Ivy, 325. 



June notes, 310. 



July in the zaoodland, 54. 



Kingsley, Charles, 7. 



Little things, importance of, 53. 

 Lizard, common, 238. 

 London's feathered folk, 194. 



March in the woodland, 284. 

 May Day, a memorable, 309. 

 Moorhen, a curious episode, 189. 

 Morning and evening in the country^ 



41, 132. 

 Mrs. Barnetfs letter, 32. 



Natural history diary, 129. 

 Nature photography, hints on ex- 

 posure and developing, 24. 

 Nightingale, 210, 228, 319. 

 Nightjar, 211, 228. 

 Notes on the spring of 1908, 300. 

 November, wild life in, 320. 

 Nut hazel, 280, 285. 



October, a mellow day in, 315. 



Orange-tip butterfly, 312. 



Our feathered policemen, 205. 



Owl, barn, a pathetic incident, 206. 



Owls, 203, 205. 



Oyster-catcher, 214. 



Parlour trick, a, 13. 



Partridge, English, 192. 



Partridge, French, 192, 322. 



Perch, 55. 



Pheasant, 193, 310, 313. 



Plants and trees worth knowing, 269. 



Plants, devices of, 36, 322^ 



Plants, poisonous, 274. 



Plants, useful, 271. 



Portable tent, how to make a, 22. 



Primrose, 36. 



Rabbit, 33, 37, 166. 



Razorbill, 214. 



Red deer, 163. 



Reed warbler, 205. 



Ring dove, 194, 196. 



Rivers, streams, and ponds, 43. 



Robin, 176, 200. 



Romans, in the days of thfi, 46 



Rook, 37. 



Roses, the wars of the, 332. 



Rose trees, 311, 332. 



Sallow, 283, 288. 

 Scarlet pimpernel, 33. 

 Sheep and rabbits, 33. 

 Silver birch, 40. 

 Skylark, 216. 

 Slow worm, 237. 

 Smiling, importance of, 11. 

 Song thrush, 199, 230, 316. 

 Sparrow hawk, 193. 



