LIST OF CONTENTS 



SPRING 



The Keeper's Lot V 



Perquisites . . . , , 



Pets at the Cottage . ^ 



Wood-Pigeons . . 



The Keeper's Larder . 



Homely Medicines 



The Earth-Stoppers' Feast . 



The Keeper's Garden . 



Keepers' Holidays 



An Advantage of Marriage . 



The Keeper seeks a New Berth 



In North and South . 



Poachers 



And their Dogs . . 



Perfect Obedience 



The Black List . 



A South- Country Record 



Woodland Gallows 



The Gallows Martyrs 



Once Trapped, Twice Shy . 



Cunning Trappers 



The Time to Catch a Weasel 



Changes of Coats i. 



The Vermin Bag . . 



The Ways of Squirrels 



The Squirrel's Appetite 



The Departure of Cats * 



Skeletons and Cobwebs 



The Persecuted Magpie 



The Merciful Trap 



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The Rabbit hi a Snare . 33 



The Sleep of Birds . . 34 



Animals at Rest . . 36 



Vigilant Fulfers . . 37 



The Eyes of Wild Creatures . 38 



The Season's End . . 39 



Beaters' Sport ... 41 



Tailless Cocks ... 43 



Preparations ... 44 



Hungry Rabbits . . 44 



To Save Underwood . . 45 

 Studies in Fear . . .46 



The Rookery ... 48 



When Rooks Build . . 49 



Ways of the Crows . . 49 



The Crow as Terrorist . . 51 

 Imperial Rooks . . .51 



Rook-Pie .... 52 



Birds for Stock ... 53 



Old Hens . . 55 



A Gamekeeping Problem . 56 



The Hare Poacher . . 57 



March Hares ... 58 



The Cubs' Birthday . . 59 



Courtiers in Pens . . 60 



When Hawks Nest . . 62 



Love-Dances ... 63 



Names that Puzzle Cockneys 63 



Hares and their Young . 66 



Starving Birds ... 67 



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