INDEX 
Luys, Dr., the revolving mirror of, 
149 
Macroglossa stellatarum, 224 
Maize Mother, ancient worship of 
the, 312 
Mallow, geranium-leafed scented, 
327 
Marmoset, charm of the domesti- 
cated, 285 
Marmot, the prairie, 287-8 
Mental evolution of animals, 281 
Merry-lee-dance-a-pole, folk-name 
of a hawk-moth, 222 
Millais, J. G., on the senses of 
bats, 49 
Mole, whether injurious or not, 
113-18; persecution of the, in 
France, 116; impending de- 
struction of the, 116; the stren- 
uous, 225-7; twitching muscle of 
the, 227-31 
Morris, Mowbray, on dogs and 
their detractors, 291 
Mother of the Waters, the myth- 
ical serpent, 169 
Mus decumanus, 233 
Mushrooms, growing in rings, 164 
Natterjack, music of the, 89 
Nunn, Mr. Joseph, the sparrow’s 
friend, 114 
Origin of Species, 214 
Owl, its supernatural reputation, 
165 
Painted snipe, caught in a mussel- 
shell, 99 
Peaches and peach-stones, 307 
Pig, social disposition of the, 295; 
a friendly, 297-302; a forest 
animal, 298; eating elder-ber- 
ries, 301 
Pine-snake, beauty and motions of 
the, 133 
Pine woods, effect of living in, 1; 
wild life in, 4-14 
Pipit, a fascinated, 149 
Potato, the wild, 303; cultivated, 
304; eaten with oil and vinegar, 
307; ravages of the blister- 
beetle, 309-11; Mother of the, 
312; manner of cooking the, in 
England, 313; what the doctors 
say, 314 
359 
Raleigh, Sir Walter, a shining 
Elizabethan, 312; his praise of 
gardens and lawns, 337-8 
Rat, the unloved, 233; friendship 
with cat, 234-7 
Rice Mother, 312 
Romanes, Dr., Mental Evolution 
of Animals, 281 
Rooks, their loose social law, 79- 
83 e 
Royal Society for the Protection 
of Birds: Bird and Tree Day 
essays by school children, 6 
Ruskin, on the serpent’s tongue, 
134; on the serpent myth, 153; 
on serpent motions, 154 
Russell, Dr., of Brighton, 1 
the Phoenician, 
Sanchoniathan, 
153, 191 
Savernake Forest, a fox in, 52 
Seal and conger eel, duel between, 
Selous, on instinctive fear in 
horses, 176 
Serpent, use of its tongue, 134-52; 
myths of a great, 158-9, 169-71; 
strangeness, 153; origin and 
universality of worship, 161; 
instinctive fear of the, 174-8; 
Satanic theory, 178-80; a Book 
of the, 186-91; the, in literature, 
191 
Sheep, individuality in, 123; a 
book-destroying, 124; a friend 
of dogs, 127 
Sheldrake, beauty of the, 198 
Shelley, his Witch of Atlas, 157 
Silchester, the forest of, 84; exca- 
vation at, 347-9 
Snake, a preserver of the, 16; 
taming a wild, 91-2; a frog- 
hunter, 144; shyness, 192; a 
tame, 280 
Spallanzani, experiments on bats, 
45-8 
Sparrow-hawks, in pine wood, 4, 7 
Spider, strategy of hunting, 145; 
as a pet, 232 
Squirrel, fable of a, 63-9; adven- 
tures of a migrating, 70-73; 
migratory impulses, 70; taming 
the, 233; volatile character of 
the, 286 
Stradling, Dr. Arthur, 
serpent’s tongue, 139 
on the 
