WILD NATURE WON BY KINDNESS.


BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
More about Wild Nature. With Portrait
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WILD NATURE WON BY KINDNESS BY MRS. BRIGHTWEN Vice-President of the Selborne Society AUTHOR OF "INMATES OF MY HOUSE AND GARDEN," ETC. ILLUSTRATED EIGHTH EDITION T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1898

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Sir JAMES PAGET, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L., Etc., Etc.

My dear Sir James,—
The little papers which are here reprinted would scarcely have been written but for the encouragement of your sympathy and the stimulus of what you have contributed to the loving study of nature. Shall you, then, think me presumptuous if I venture to dedicate to the friend what I could never dream of presenting to the professor, and if I ask you to pardon the poorness of the gift in consideration of the sincerity with which it is given.

Pray believe me to be
Yours very sincerely,
ELIZA BRIGHTWEN

The Grove, Great Stanmore.
June, 1898.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.[11]
1. REARING BIRDS FROM THE NEST.[18]
2. DICK THE STARLING.[21]
3. RICHARD THE SECOND.[25]
4. VERDANT.[44]
5. THE WILD DUCKS.[51]
6. THE JAY.[59]
7. A YOUNG CUCKOO.[67]
8. THE TAMING OF OUR PETS.[70]
9. BIRDIE.[80] [p. 6]
10. ZÖE, THE NUTHATCH.[87]
11. TITMICE.[99]
12. BLANCHE, THE PIGEON.[108]
13. GERBILLES.[112]
14. WATER SHREWS.[121]
15. SQUIRRELS.[126]
16. A MOLE.[131]
17. HARVEST MICE.[136]
18. THE CALIFORNIAN MOUSE.[140]
19. SANCHO THE TOAD.[143]
20. ROMAN SNAILS.[146]
21. AN EARWIG MOTHER.[152]
22. THE SACRED BEETLE.[157]
23. SPIDERS.[163]
24. TAME BUTTERFLIES.[173]
25. ANT-LIONS.[178]
26. ROBINS I HAVE KNOWN.[183]
27. ROBERT THE SECOND.[188]
28. FEEDING BIRDS IN SUMMER[195]
29. RAB, MINOR.[202]
30. A VISIT TO JAMRACH.[207]
31. HOW TO OBSERVE NATURE[214]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FLYING WILD DUCK[5]
SACRED BEETLE[7]
SWALLOW[11]
REARING BIRDS FROM THE NEST[18]
STARLINGS[21]
FLYING STARLINGS[25]
STARLING IN SEARCH OF FOOD[43]
WILD DUCK[51]
TINY, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND LUTHER[58]
JAY[59]
ANOTHER JAY[61]
A YOUNG CUCKOO.[66][p. 8]
BUTTERFLY AND CATERPILLAR[67]
YOUNG CUCKOO ATTACKED BY BIRDS[69]
ARABESQUE[79]
ZÖE, THE NUTHATCH[87]
NUTHATCH IN A COCOANUT[98]
TITMICE IN PURSUIT OF BEES[99]
TITMICE[101]
BLANCHE THE PIGEON[108]
GERBILLES[112]
WATER SHREW[125]
SQUIRREL[126]
MOLE[131]
MICE[140]
ROMAN SNAILS[146]
EARWIG[156]
EGYPTIAN BEETLES[157]
FLYING BEETLE[162]
TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS[163]
BUTTERFLY[173]
ANT-LION[178]
THE ROBIN[183]
YOUNG BIRDS[195]
CHILD AND PET BIRD[201]
RAB MINOR[202]
RAB MINOR RUNNING[206]
NESTLINGS[207]
NEST OF WASPS[214]
SNAKE IN A CIRCLE[230]

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PREFACE TO THE FIFTH
EDITION.

WO short chapters, one describing the life of an Ant-lion, and the other the habits of a tame Toad, were added to the second edition, which was in other respects a reproduction of the first.

The present edition has been improved by the adoption of a number of illustrations which were designed for the German translation of this book.

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