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Fishes Trapped by Blabderwort 230 



Fish-eating Bats 234 



Nature Studies in Japanese Art 247 



Birds and Lighthouses 258 



The Migration of Woodcocks 278 



The European Woodcock in America 286 



White and Pied Woodcocks 292 



Snipe and their Distinctions 298 



Twenty Years' Snipe-shooting 305 



Cranes at Christmas 312 



The Fascination of Light 320 



The Largest Birds that Fly 330 

 Small Birds on Migration Carried by Larger Ones 348 



March Cuckoos 354 



Cuckoo Spit - 361 



Snakes Sheltering their Young 369 



The Mole Cricket 378 



The Shamrock 387 



The Mistletoe as Food for Birds 392 



Bird-Life in Kensington Gardens 397 



The Disappearance of the Kite 404 



Index 413 



