CONTENTS

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THE LONE SWALLOWS[ 1]
LADY DAY IN DEVON[ 8]
THE INCOMING OF SUMMER[ 14]
HAUNT OF THE EVEJAR[ 30]
A DESERTED QUARRY IN FEBRUARY[ 39]
VIGNETTES OF NATURE (i)[ 41]
VIGNETTES OF NATURE (ii)[ 43]
HAWK NOTES[ 46]
PROPHET BIRDS[ 50]
A BIRD MYSTIC[ 53]
SAMARITANS[ 57]
SPORTSMEN OF THE RUBBISH-HEAPS[ 60]
RUNAWAYS[ 65]
LONDON CHILDREN AND WILD FLOWERS[ 68]
MEADOW GRASSES[ 82]
TIGER’S TEETH[ 96]
THE OUTLAW[ 116]
PEREGRINES IN LOVE[ 130]
MIDSUMMER NIGHT[ 136]
A FEATHERED WASTER[ 145]
INVOCATION[ 150]
COCKNEY BIRD TRIPPERS[ 154]
“FULLNESS AFTER DEARTH”[ 157]
CUCKOO NOTES[ 160]
DAYS OF AUTUMN[ 166]
SWALLOW BROW: A FANTASY[ 182]
WINTER’S EVE[ 196]
ERNIE[ 204]
A SEED IN WASTE PLACES[ 212]
THE CHANGE: A FANTASY[ 217]
PROSERPINE’S MESSAGE[ 236]
STRIX FLAMMEA[ 243]