Contents 



I. Birds at their Best (By way of Introdtwtum) . 1 



II. Birds and Man 42 



III. Daws in the West Country .... 65 



IV. A Wood Wren at Wells . . 89 

 v. Ravens in Somerset 106 



VI. The Secret of the Willow Wren. . . 122 



VII. A Secret op the Charm of Flowers . 140 



VIII. Owls in a Village . . . .163 



IX. The Strange and Beautiful Sheldrake. . 179 



X. Geese : An Appreciation and a Memory . 192 



XI. Early Spring in Savernake Forest . . Sll 



XII. The Dartford Warbler 236 



(How to save our Rare Birds) 



XIII. Birds in London (1899) 264 



XIV. Sejlborne (1896) 292 



