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Among the hedgerows . . . . , , . . . io8 



Golden-crested wrens . . . . . . . . .113 



The cuckoo ........... 121 



A hedgehog . 124 



Song thrushes 129 



The backdoor walk to a cottage garden .... Facing 132 



Ring-ousels ........... 140 



A rookstarver " 143 



A fieldfare . 153 



Entrance to an old Sel borne lane ....... 162 



A redwing . . . . . . . . . . . 167 



A rook 173 



A starling ........... 174 



In a Selborne beechwood ...... Facing 183 



A crow ............ IQO 



A bulltinch 192 



Lapwings . . . . . . . . . . . 193 



House martins 195 



White's sundial at the bottom of his garden . . . Facing 202 



A rookery ......... Facing 207 



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