CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER rAO 



I. Birds of Prey ... ... ••• 1 



II. The Night Side of Nature ... 19 



III. British Wild Pigeons ... ... 27 



IV. Tree Myths ... ... ••• 41 



V. Another Tale of Arcady — I. ... ... 48 



VI. Another Tale of Arcady — II. ... 64 



VII. Wild-shooting in Winter ... ... 77 



VIII. The Gamekeeper and his Golgotha ... 85 



IX. Mountain Foxes ... ... ... 107 



X. The Haunt of the Anchorite ... 116 



XI. Mountain Sheep ... ... ... 122 



XII. On the Moors ... ... ... 145 



XIII. A Country Naturalist ... ... 152 



XIV. Nuts ... ... ... ... 162 



XV. Concerning Cock-fighting ... ... 170 



XVI. A Pine-wood Study ... ... 178 



XVII. "Old Kittiwake" ... ... ... 185 



XVIII. Autumn Berries ... ... ... 195 



