Contents. xi 
CHAPTER XIV. 
PAGE 
THE ROOKERY. Building Nests: Young Birds: Rook-Shoot- 
ing: Stealing Rooks: Antics in the Air: Mode of Flight: 
White Rooks. . . . . é . : . 262 
CHAPTER XV. 
Rooxs RETURNING To Roost. Vast Flocks: Rook Parlia- 
ment: The two Rook Armies and their Routes: Rook Laws, 
Traditions, and Ancient History: ‘Throw ’ of Timber: 
Thieving Jackdaws : A A ‘ a . . 280 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Notes on Brrps. Nightingales: Chaffinches: Migration : 
Packing : Intermarriage: Peewits : Crows: Cuckoo’s Flight : 
Golden-crested Wren : : : « 295 
CHAPTER XVII. 
NoTEs ON THE YEAR. The Two Natural Eras: Spiders: The 
Seasons represented together: A Murderous Wasp: Feng- 
: Shui. The Birds’ White Elephant: Hedge-Memoranda . + BY3 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
SNAKE-LorE. Snakes Swallowing Frogs: Swimming: Fond of 
Milk: Trapping Snakes: Frogs Climbing: Toads in Trees. — 
THE Brook. The Hatch: Kingfishers’ Haunts and Nests 333 
CHAPTER XIX. 
CouRSE OF THE Brook. The Birds’ Bathing-place: Roach: 
Jacks on their Journeys: Stickleba:k’s Nest: Woodcock. 
—Tue Laxe. Herons: Mussels: Reign of Terror in the 
Lake : . : : ‘ . : : + 352 
