CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



BURROWING MAMMALIA. 



lutToductiou — Man as a Burrower — The Mole and its Dwelling — Difficulty of 

 observing its Habits — Complicated structure of its Fortress, and its Uses — 

 Character of the Mole — Adaptation of its Form to its mode of Life— Common 

 Objects — The Shiiew Mole, Elephant Shkew, and Mdsk Rat — The Arctic 

 Fox — Structure of its Limbs — Form of its Burrow — Its Character, Fur, and 

 Flesh — The common Fox — Mode of Burrowing and economy of Labour — The 

 young Family — The Weasel, and some of its Habits — The Badgee and its 

 Burrow — The Pkaikie Dog, or Wish-ton-Wish — Dog-towns — Unpleasant 

 Intruders — The Rabbit, and the Warren — Self-sacrifice — Study of animal Life 

 — The CaipriNG Sqcikrel — Curious form of its Dwelling — Its subterranean 

 Treasures — The WooDCHucK, the Pouched Rat, the Camas Rat, the Mole 

 Rat, and the Sand Mole — The White Beau — Its curious Dwelling — Snow as 

 a Shelter — The Pichiciago — Its Form, Armour, and Burrow — The Armadillos 

 and their Habits — The Manis — The Aaui) Vakk, its Food and Dwelling — The 

 Mallangong — Its strange Habits and its Burrow — The Porcupine Ant-Eater 

 — Its burrowing Powers 1 



CHAPTER II. 



BURROWING BIRDS. 



The Sand Maktin — Mode of burrowing and shape of the tunnel — Enemies of the 

 Sand Martin — Midges and Martins — The Kingfisher and its habits — Its 

 burrow and peculiar nest — Number of the eggs — The Puffin a feathered 

 usurper — The Feroe Islands and the Puffins — Pro aris et focis — The Mutton 

 Bird and its burrows — Snakes and birds — The Jackdaw, Stockdove, and 

 Sheldrake — Nest of the Sheldrake — The Bee-eater and its habits — Its 

 burrow and nest — The Stormy Petrel — Its mode of nesting and shallow 

 tunnels — Mode of feeding its young— Evil odour of its burrow — The WooD- 

 I'ECKer — Its uses and misunderstood character — Method of burrowing — The 

 Fungus and the Woodpecker — American Woodpeckers — The Wryneck — Its 

 popular names and locality of its nest — The Starling — Its social character — 

 Locality of its habitation— The Tree Creeper — The Nuthatch and the 

 Hoopoe — Curious nest of the Hoopoe — The Cole-tit and its habits — A Cole- 

 tit's nest at Walton Hall — The Toucan — The enormous beak and its uses — 

 Nest of the Toucan — The Swift — Its nest and eggs — Its curious feet and their 

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