BIRD WATCHING

BY
EDMUND SELOUS

LONDON
J. M. DENT & CO., ALDINE HOUSE
29 & 30 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
1901


CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
[TABLE OF CONTENTS][v]
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS][vii]
[PREFACE][ix]
[I.][WATCHING GREAT PLOVERS, ETC.][3]
[II.][WATCHING RINGED PLOVERS, REDSHANKS, PEEWITS, ETC.][21]
[III.][WATCHING STOCK-DOVES, WOOD-PIGEONS, SNIPE, ETC.][35]
[IV.][WATCHING WHEATEARS, DABCHICKS, OYSTER-CATCHERS, ETC.][67]
[V.][WATCHING GULLS AND SKUAS][96]
[VI.][WATCHING RAVENS, CURLEWS, EIDER-DUCKS, ETC.][129]
[VII.][WATCHING SHAGS AND GUILLEMOTS][163]
[VIII.][WATCHING BIRDS AT A STRAW-STACK][199]
[IX.][WATCHING BIRDS IN THE GREENWOODS][225]
[X.][WATCHING ROOKS][257]
[XI.][WATCHING ROOKS—CONTINUED][274]
[XII.][WATCHING BLACKBIRDS, NIGHTINGALES, SAND-MARTINS, ETC.][301]
[INDEX][338]