CONTENTS

BIRDS IN A VILLAGE: PAGE

[I. .......... 1]

[II. .......... 6]

[III. .......... 18]

[IV. .......... 36]

[V. .......... 50]

[VI. .......... 73]

[VII. .......... 86]

[VIII. .......... 107]

[IX.. .......... 121]

[X. .......... 148]

[XI. .......... 153]

[EXOTIC BIRDS FOR BRITAIN ...... 161]

[MOOR-HENS IN HYDE PARK . . . . . .192]

[THE EAGLE AND THE CANARY ..... 206]

[CHANTICLEER . . . . . . . . .222]

[IN AN OLD GARDEN ........ 243]

[BIRDS IN A CORNISH VILLAGE:]

[I. TAKING STOCK OF THE BIRDS . . . 265]

[II. DO STARLINGS PAIR FOR LIFE? . . 275]

[III. VILLAGE BIRDS IN WINTER . . . 287]

[IV. INCREASING BIRDS IN BRITAIN . . 295]

[V. THE DAW SENTIMENT ..... 305]

[VI. STORY OF A JACKDAW ..... 316]

LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS

[Goldfinch and Blue Tit . . . Frontispiece]

[Nightingale ..........10]

[Jay ............ 24.]

[Wren ........... 40]

[Song Thrush and Long-Tailed Tit . . . . .60]

[Skylark ........... 138]

[Heron ........... 174]

[Moorhen ........... 196]

BIRDS IN TOWN & VILLAGE