BIRDS OF THE WAVE
AND WOODLAND
BY
PHIL ROBINSON
AUTHOR OF
“NOAH’S ARK” “THE POETS’ BIRDS” ETC.
Illustrated by Charles Whymper
AND OTHERS
LONDON
ISBISTER AND COMPANY LIMITED
15 & 16 TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN
1894
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
London and Edinburgh
CONTENTS
| [CHAPTER_I] | |
|---|---|
The Birds of the Seasons—Some Birds of Passage—The Miracleof Migration—The Thrush—The Blackbird—What is theMeaning of Singing?—The Swallow | |
| [CHAPTER_II] | |
The Birds of the Months—Some Rare Birds and Some Common—Januaryand the Fieldfare—Februrary and the Rook—March,April, May, with the Thrush, Swallow and Nightingale—TheTerrors of Migration—June and the Ring-dove—A Wood-PigeonProblem—The Dotterel—Evening Voices: The Nightjars—Julyand the Skylark—August, September, with Grouseand Partridge—The Ptarmigan—The Old Cock-Pheasant—Novemberand the Woodcock—December and its Robin andWren | |
| [CHAPTER_III] | |
The Rook—The Cuckoo—Lark and Woodlark—The Sparrow—Plagueof Birds | |
| [CHAPTER_IV] | |
Bird-Voices—The Corn-crake—The Black-Cap—The Turtle-Dove—Carpenter-Birds—TheNuthatch—The Wryneck—The GreatTit—The Letter-Box Tit of Rowfant | |
| [CHAPTER_V] | |
The Owl—The Magpie—The Kestrel or Windhover—Haunts of theHeron—Bird-Destroyers, the Gamekeeper and “Naturalist” | |
| [CHAPTER_VI] | |
The Sea-Eagle—Guillemots—Egg-Gathering—The Paradise of thePuffins—The Stormy-Petrel—The Sea-Eagle’s Victims—TheBlack-Backed Gull—The Skua—Among the Cormorants andGulls | |
| [CHAPTER_VII] | |
The Kingfisher—The Mystery and Folk-Lore of the Halcyon—TheWater-Vole at Home—In the Water-Meadows—TheMoorhen and its Haunts—The Reed-Warbler—The Sedge-Warbler—Musicof the Summer Nights—Waking the Sun |