CONTENTS 



JANUARY 



PAGE 



I. THE SAD PLIGHT OF BRITISH FORESTRY .... 1 



II. MIDWINTER IN THBSSALT 26 



III. THE PLAGUE OF VOLES . . . 39 



IV, MOMENTUM VtrSUS MATTER .... .41 



FEBRUARY 



V. THE QOLD-OBKSTED WREN 44 



\'I. THE PROBLEM OF DISPERSAL 49 



MARCH 



VII. THE TRUE SALMON DISEASE 54 



VIII. THE HABIT OF HOLLIES 58 



IX. BIRNAM WOOD ... 61 



APRIL 



X. NAMES OF PLACES 66 



XI. HOW SALMON-POOLS ARE NAMED 90 



XII. THE MAGNOLIA .... ... 94 



MAY 



XIII. THE BLACKTHORN 97 



XIV. WHY CERTAIN BIRDS MOB OTHERS 98 



XV. LAPWINGS 99 



XVI. PLOVERS' EGGS AND OTHERS 101 



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