x CONTENTS 



APRIL 



GIFTS OF THE SUN 101 



INSTRUMENTAL Music - - - - 104 



A NORTHERING HERALD - - - - IOy 



THE BEE AND THE FLOWER - - - no 



A FRIENDLY ROBIN 113 



THE YEAR S PROGRAMME 116 



THE MOST EVENTFUL DATE - - - - 119 



MAY 



A MARKED SWALLOW 123 



A SNAKE IN EDEN 126 



LIFE BY THE RIVER 129 



THE BIRD AND THE GARDEN - - - - 132 



BEE AND BLOSSOM 135 



WHERE SHAKESPEARE WAS ENGLISH - - - 138 



LATER MIGRANTS - 141 



A HEREFORD WOOD 145 



JUNE 



THE MILL AND THE FISH - - ~ 149 



A WOODMAN S HINT - - - - 152 



A BUTTERFLY TRYST 155 



A WAGTAIL DRAMA 159 



HAYSEL AND HAYSTACK - - - - - 161 



JULY 



A MEADOW TABLE 165 



BUTTERFLIES FROM AMERICA - - - 168 

 A SUMMER HARVEST - - - ~ -171 



THE MOTH S HOUR 174 



PERFECT PARENTS 177 



THE SWALLOW S BROOD *8o 



^A HILLSIDE COTTAGE 183 



RAILWAY FLOWERS 187 



