December, 1893. 
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A CHRISTMAS GREETING 221 
By Edmund J. Baillie, F.L.S. 
WITH THE BIRDS 222 
By Helen J. Ormerod. 
MY FEATHERED LADY 225 
By the Rev. Canon Rawnsley. 
SQUIRRELS WON BY KINDNESS .. .. 227 
By Mrs. Brightwen. 
NOTES FROM A FLORIDA DIARY .. .. 228 
By VV. M. E. Fowler. 
POEMS AND ORCHARD SONGS .. ..231 
OLD-WORLD LORE 233 
SOME CHRISTMAS BOOKS 236 
PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS 238 
PESTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD 239 
SELBORNIANA 240 
A Royal Example. 
National Trust. 
Caged Canaries. 
Are Women entirely to Blame? 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES 242 
Nuthatches. 
Late Flowers at Hindhead. 
Water-rats. 
A I’urkey Dance. 
A Friendly Landrail. 
Dogs Communicating. 
Climate and Trees. 
OFFICIAL NOTICE 244 
TO CORRESPONDENTS 244 
TITLE AND INDEX FOR 1893. 
Xon&on : 
JOHN BALE & SONS, 
87-89, Great TncHFiELD Street, W. 
City Agent : — 
J. I. BAXTER, 
29, Paternoster Square, E.C. 
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PRICE TWOPENCE. 
