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.