CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. WHEN LIFE STIRS, . . I 



II. FURRED AND FEATHERED YOUNGSTERS, . l6 



III. SUMMER VOICES, . . . . -37 



IV. THE MERRY SANDPIPER AND THE CRUEL SPARROW- 



HAWK, . . ... 46 



V. IN SUMMER HEAT, . . . . 55 



VI. FROM WEIR TO MILL, . . 70 



VII. MORE ABOUT GAME-BIRDS, . . . 85 



VIII. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, . I35 



IX. DESERTED HOMES, . . I46 



X. A WET AUTUMN, . . . . . 170 



XI. FRIENDS OR FOES? . 186 



XII. WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS, 2l6 



INDEX, . • 241 



