CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I A Rookery in Spring ......... 13 



II The BuzzARps of the Doone Country ..... 27 



III The Lapy's Hawk 37 



IV In the Depths of a Fir Forest . 45 



V The Greater Spottep Wooppecker .51 



VI The Swiftest of British Hawks 61 



VII Two Brown Owls 69 



VIII Denizens of a Beech Grove ....... 77 



IX About the Kestrel ......... 85 



X Photographing the Crow ........ 99 



XI Concerning a Sparrow Hawk Family ...... 107 



XII The Home Life of the Heron 117 



XIII BiRPS ANp Artillery Fire .129 



XIV Some Strange Incipents 137 



