Index 



Actinoloba dianlhus, 11 

 Alcedo Ispida (Kingfisher), 133 

 Aideburgh, an otter hunt at, 72 

 Aldeburgh Bay, an estimate of 



fish taken by gulls in, 



115 

 Allen, Dr. E. J., 103 

 -Anemone, white, and reflection, 



11, 13 

 Anemones, mimicry of vegeta- 

 tion among, 15 

 Angler, the, and his lures, 183 



et seq. 

 question of his clothing, 



143 

 " Angler from the Fish's Point 



of View, The," 7 

 Arenicola marina (Lugworms), 



119 

 Armistead, W. H., his yearling 



ponds visited by otters, 



83 

 Artificial flies for fishing, 144, 147 

 (See also Lures) 



Bait, captive, 145 



Beetles as food for gulls, 123 



Birds, and concealment by re- 

 flection, 12 

 and how they escape detec- 

 tion, 7 



Black cormorant, the, 26 



Black-headed gull, amount of 



land food taken by, 123 



examination of contents of, 



121 

 fish and marine food con- 

 sumed by, 119 

 Black-plumaged birds and con- 

 cealment by reflection, 

 12 

 Brahmini kite, the, 77 

 Brittle stars as enemies to fish 

 life, 105 

 the herring gull's destruc- 

 tion of, 119 

 (Cf. Starfish) 

 Brook, Arthur, on the black- 

 headed gull, 122 

 Brown trout, the, and reflec- 

 tion, 10, 18 

 change in appearance of, 



when alarmed, 160 

 its "flashes" while feed- 

 ing, 18, 157 

 study of, in observation 



pond, 20 

 the spawning season of, 151 

 Buccinum undatum (Whelk- 

 spawn), 119 



Captive bait, 145 

 Carp, a successful method of 

 fishing for, 159 



171 



