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- BIRDS USEFUL and BIRDS HARMFUL
- CONTENTS
- Preface.
- CHAPTER I. Useful or Harmful?
- CHAPTER II. The Structure of the Bird.
- CHAPTER III. WORKERS ON THE GROUND.
- The Barn Owl: White or Church Owl. (Strix Flammea.)
- The Tawny or Wood-Owl. (Syrnium alúco.)
- The Long-eared Owl. (Asio ótus.)
- The Short-eared Owl. (Asio accipitrinus.)
- The Little Owl. (Athéne noctua.)
- The Rook. (Corvus frúgilegus.)
- The Hooded-Crow. (Corvus cornix.)
- The Carrion Crow (Corvus coróne.)
- THE RAVEN. (Corvus córax.)
- THE JACKDAW. (Corvus monedula.)
- THE MAGPIE. (Píca rústica.)
- THE JAY. (Gárrulus glandárius.)
- THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Larus ridibundus.)
- THE QUAIL. (Cotúrnix commúnis.)
- THE STARLING. (Sturnus vulgaris.)
- THE ROSE STARLING. (Pastor roseus.)
- The Waxwing. (Ampelis garrulus.)
- CHAPTER IV. IN THE AIR AND ON THE TREES.
- The Swallow. (Hirundo rustica.)
- The House Martin. (Chelidon urbica.)
- The Sand Martin. (Cotile riparia.)
- The Swift. (Cypselus ápus.)
- The Nightjar. (Caprimulgus Europæus.)
- The Green Woodpecker. (Gecinus viridis.)
- The Greater Spotted Woodpecker. (Dendrocopus major.)
- The Tree Creeper. (Certhia familiaris.)
- The Nuthatch. (Sitta cæsia.)
- The Crossbill. (Loxia curvirostra.)
- CHAPTER V. SUMMER WORKERS.
- The Wryneck. (Iynx torquilla.)
- The Cuckoo. (Cuculus canorus.)
- The Hoopoe. (Upupa epops.)
- The Great Grey Shrike. (Lanius excubitor.)
- The Lesser Grey Shrike. (Lanius minor.)
- The Red-backed Shrike. (Lanius collurio.)
- The Lesser Whitethroat. (Sylvia curruca.)
- The Blackcap. (Sylvia atricapilla.)
- The Nightingale. (Daulias luscinia.)
- The Redstart. (Ruticilla phoenicúrus.)
- The Black Redstart. (Ruticilla titys.)
- The Tree Pipit. (Anthus triviális.)
- The White Wagtail. (Motacilla alba.)
- The Blue-headed Wagtail. (Motacilla flava.)
- The Great Reed Warbler. (Acrocephalus turdoides.)
- The Willow Wren. (Phylloscopus tróchilus.)
- The Spotted Flycatcher. (Múscicapa grísola.)
- The Pied Flycatcher. (Muscicapa atricapilla.)
- The Wheatear. (Saxicola œnánthé.)
- The Stonechat. (Pratíncola rubícola.)
- The Bearded Tit or Reedling. (Panurus biármicus.)
- The Great Titmouse. (Parus major.)
- The Blue Titmouse. (Parus cærúleus.)
- The Golden-Crested Wren. (Regulus cristatus.)
- The Crested Titmouse. (Parus cristátus.)
- The Coal-tit. (Parus ater.)
- The Long-tailed Tit. (Acredula caudáta.)
- The Nest of the Long-tailed Tit.
- CHAPTER VI. WORKERS ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
- The House Sparrow. (Passer domesticus.)
- The Tree Sparrow. (Passer Montanus.)
- The Hedge Sparrow. (Accentor modularis.)
- The Skylark. (Alauda arvensis.)
- The Kingfisher. (Alcedo ispida.)
- The Dipper. (Cinclus aquaticus.)
- The Thrush. (Turdus musicus.)
- The Blackbird. (Turdus merula.)
- The Oriole. (Oriolus galbula.)
- The Robin. (Eríthacus rubécula.)
- The Wren. (Troglodytes párvulus.)
- The Hawfinch. (Coccothraustes vulgaris.)
- The Chaffinch. (Fringilla coelebs.)
- The Bullfinch. (Pyrrhula europœa.)
- The Yellow Hammer. (Emberiza citrinella.)
- The Turtle Dove. (Turtur communis.)
- CHAPTER VII. SOME WILDFOWL.
- The Lapwing. (Vanéllus vulgáris.)
- The Common Curlew. (Numenius arquata.)
- The Common Redshank. (Totanus cálidris.)
- The Green Sandpiper. (Totanus óchropùs.)
- The Night Heron. (Nycticorax gríseus.)
- The Bittern. (Botaurus stellaris.)
- The Waterhen or Moorhen. (Gallinula chloropus.)
- The Common Tern. (Sterna fluviatilis.)
- The Bean Goose. (Anser ségetum.)
- The Wild Duck or Mallard. (Anas bóscas.)
- The Pintailed Duck. (Dafila acuta.)
- The Shoveler. (Spatula clypeata.)
- The Great Crested Grebe. (Podicipes cristatus.)
- CHAPTER VIII. SOME OF THE FALCONIDÆ.
- The Golden Eagle. (Aquila chrysáëtus.)
- The Red Kite. (Milvus ictínus.)
- The Red-footed Falcon or Orange-legged Hobby. (Falco vespertinus.)
- The Common Buzzard. (Búteo vulgáris.)
- The Sparrow-hawk. (Accipiter nisus.)
- The Goshawk. (Astur palumbárius.)
- The Hobby. (Falco subbuteo.)
- The Kestrel. (Falco tinnúnculus.)
- The Marsh-Harrier. (Circus œruginosus.)
- The Hen-Harrier. (Circus cyaneus.)
- CHAPTER IX. Rational Bird Protection.
- IN CONCLUSION.
- Index.
- FOOTNOTES:
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