iii CONTENTS 



PAOE 



XVII. 'twixt spring and summer 103 



XVIII. THE BLACK-BACKED GULL 112 



JUNE 



XIX. A CITY OF MANY WATERS . 

 XX. CEANOTHUS 



XXI. THE FOOD OF THE DIPPER 

 XXII. MIDSUMMER WEEDS . 

 XXIII. A STRAY FLEDGLING . 

 XXIV. AN INTREPID KINGFISHER 

 XXV. CATS 



114 



141 

 142 

 142 

 145 

 145 

 147 



JULY 



XXVI. SUMMER-TIDE IN A HIGHLAND FOREST .... 150 



XXVII. THE VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT 171 



AUGUST 



XXVIII. DITTANY 194 



XXIX. THE death's-head MOTH 195 



XXX. THE VOICE OF ATROPOS 197 



SEPTEMBER 



XXXI. A SCOTTISH BLOOD-FEUD 200 



XXXII. AN UNSUCCESSFUL STALK ... ... 224 



XXXIII. THE GROWING EVIL OF COLLECTORS 227 



XXXIV. PROGRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE IN BEES .... 231 

 XXXV. BUMBLE-BEES 233 



OCTOBER 



XXXVI. SPIDERS 236 



XXXVII. THE WEB . , . 237 



XXXVIII. MESSALINA OF THE MESHES ... . 240 



