242 



FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



— feeding poultry in, 50, 51 — dis- 

 tant sounds from, described, 224. 



Field-glasses useful to the naturalist, 

 166. 



Fir-trees, alleged injury to, by the 

 capercailzie, 126, 127 — damage 

 done to, by squirrels, 127, 128. 



Fish, large, why difficult to capture, 



73.74- 

 Flats, the, under water, 220 — winter 



on the, 237-239. 

 Fog, a, on the sea, 216-218. 

 Fox, how he carries off his prey, 234, 



2 3S- 

 Fritillaries, the, 40. 



Gale, a westerly, on the moor hills, 

 141, 142 — effects of, in the wood- 

 lands, 170 et seq. 



Game imported, frozen, from north- 

 ern Europe, 133. 



Game-birds, the courage of, 129. 



Geese, wild, as portents, 8. 



Greenfinch, n. 



Grouse, black, the rarity of, 149. 



Grouse, hybrid, 130, 131. 



Gulls, a deserted haunt of, 166, 167. 



Hare, damage done to crops by, 138, 

 202 — his haunts, 201 — his courage, 

 ib. — his enemies, 202 — three varie- 

 ties of, 203. 



Hares, watching them feed, 225, 226 

 — their ears as signal - posts, 226, 

 227 — in winter, 238. 



Hawks, how they carry off their 

 quarry, 234. See Sparrow-hawk. 



Heat, continuous, effects of, on ani- 

 mal life, 55 et seq. 



Heave-jars, 76. 



Hedgehog, a keen forager, 60 — preju- 

 dices against, 212 — feeds by night, 

 213 — the good he does, ib., 214 — 

 the young ones, 2T4. 



Hedgerows, the, effect of wet weather 

 on, 174. 



Hedge-sparrow, 43. 



Hen-harrier, 92 — rarity of, 149. 



Heron, how "he fishes in the hot 

 weather, 62, 63 — attacked by the 

 sparrow-hawk, 63, 64 — fishes in the 

 moonlight, 141 — how he fishes in 



wet weather, 178 — and in water- 

 cress-beds, 179, 180 — how trout are 

 lured to him, 180, 181 — on the wing, 

 229 — in winter, 238. 

 Holmesdale valley, the beauty of, 78. 



Jackdaw, effect of the heat upon, 58, 



59- 

 Jays, 44. 



Kingfisher, 7. 



Landrail, effects of the heat upon, 65, 



66. 

 Linnet in breeding plumage, n, 12. 



Magpie, the plumage of, 147, 148 — 

 the disappearance of his haunts, 149 

 — the rarity of, ib. — the nest of, 



Marten, very rare in England, 191 — 

 his food, ib. — his usefulness in deer- 

 forests, 192 — preyed upon by the 

 golden eagle, 193 — his destructive- 

 ness, ib. — taming of, 194— his tribe 

 form a natural police, 195. 



Martins, how they suffer from wet 

 weather, 172. 



Mice, mischief done by, in gardens, 

 64, 65. 



Millers, the old, and their fish, 79. 



Missel -thrushes, destroying a family 

 of, 159, 160. 



Mole, a mole-catcher's opinions on, 

 206 et seq. — how he hunts, 211 — 

 his coat and his cleanliness, 212. 



Mole, the river, from weir to mill, 70 

 et seq. 



Moor-hen, 42. 



Naturalists, how they should take the 



field, 164. 

 Nests, deserted, 146 et seq. — the 



beauty of, 158. 

 Nightfall, the shore at, 216 et seq. — 



the woods at, 229 et seq. — the mere 



at, 230, 231 — the fields at, 233 etseq. 

 Nuthatch, its note, 11. 



Otters, their food, 21 — a plea for, 

 22 — their colouring, 25— a kitten 

 squabble, 27 — decimate the fish, 



