CONTENTS

ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD AND GARDEN

CHAPTER I WHAT UNCLE PAUL PROPOSES TO TALK ABOUT

CHAPTER II TEETH

CHAPTER III THE DIFFERENT SHAPES OF TEETH

CHAPTER IV BATS

CHAPTER V THE BAT’S WINGS

CHAPTER VI THE BAT’S SENSES OF SMELL AND HEARING

CHAPTER VII THE HEDGEHOG

CHAPTER VIII HIBERNATION

CHAPTER IX THE MOLE

CHAPTER X THE MOLE’S NEST—THE SHREW-MOUSE

CHAPTER XI THE EXPLOIT OF ONE-EYED JOHN

CHAPTER XII NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY

CHAPTER XIII RATS

CHAPTER XIV MEADOW-MICE1—HAMSTERS—DORMICE

CHAPTER XV HORNED OWLS

CHAPTER XVI OTHER OWLS

CHAPTER XVII THE EAGLE

CHAPTER XVIII HAWKS AND FALCONS

CHAPTER XIX KESTRELS, KITES AND BUZZARDS

CHAPTER XX THE RAVEN

CHAPTER XXI THE CROW

CHAPTER XXII WOODPECKERS

CHAPTER XXIII MORE ABOUT WOODPECKERS

CHAPTER XXIV CLIMBERS—THE HOOPOE

CHAPTER XXV THE CUCKOO

CHAPTER XXVI SHRIKES

CHAPTER XXVII THE TITMOUSE

CHAPTER XXVIII THE WREN AND THE KINGLET

CHAPTER XXIX SWALLOWS

CHAPTER XXX SWIFTS AND NIGHT-JARS

CHAPTER XXXI THE BIRD’S BEAK

CHAPTER XXXII INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS

CHAPTER XXXIII GRANIVOROUS BIRDS

CHAPTER XXXIV SNAKES AND LIZARDS

CHAPTER XXXV THE BATRACHIANS

CHAPTER XXXVI THE TOAD

CHAPTER XXXVII INSTINCT

CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GRAIN-WEEVIL

CHAPTER XXXIX THE COMMON CATERPILLAR

CHAPTER XL CATERPILLARS AT TABLE

CHAPTER XLI ENEMIES OF THE GRAPEVINE

CHAPTER XLII CLEVER MISCHIEF-MAKERS

CHAPTER XLIII NUT-WEEVILS AND FLOWER-WEEVILS

CHAPTER XLIV ENEMIES OF CLOVER

CHAPTER XLV CABBAGE-EATERS

CHAPTER XLVI A DESTRUCTIVE FAMILY

CHAPTER XLVII FLIERS WITH WINGS OF GAUZE

CHAPTER XLVIII BENEFICENT PARASITES

CHAPTER XLIX APPLE-EATERS

CHAPTER L LEAF-ROLLERS

CHAPTER LI THE HOP-MOTH

CHAPTER LII THE INCHWORM

CHAPTER LIII SAP-SUCKERS

CHAPTER LIV QUEER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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