. Birds of the wave and woodland. Illustrated by Charles Whymper and others . ^^^mi SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES 3 9088 00066 6669. LONDON 0£C29ig86 ISBISTER AND COMPANY LIMITED 15 & 16 TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN1894 Printed hy Ballantyne, Hanson & 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 . . Pp. ii—43 CHAPTER n The Birds of the Months—Some Rare Birds and Some Common—January and the Fieldfare—February and the Rook—March,April, May, with the Thrus
. Birds of the wave and woodland. Illustrated by Charles Whymper and others . ^^^mi SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES 3 9088 00066 6669. LONDON 0£C29ig86 ISBISTER AND COMPANY LIMITED 15 & 16 TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN1894 Printed hy Ballantyne, Hanson & 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 . . Pp. ii—43 CHAPTER n The Birds of the Months—Some Rare Birds and Some Common—January and the Fieldfare—February and the Rook—March,April, May, with the Thrush, Swallow and Nightingale —TheTerrors of Migration—June and the Ringdove—A Wood-Pigeon Problem—The Dotterel—Evening Voices : The Night-jars—July and the Skylark—August, September, with Grouseand Partridge—The Ptarmigan—The Old Cock-Pheasant—November and the Woodcock—December with its Robin andWren Pp. 45—89 CHAPTER III The Rook—The Cuckoo—Lark and Woodlark—The Sparrow—Plague of Birds . Pp. 91—no 8 CONTENTS CHAPTER IV Bird-Voices—The Corn-crake—The Black-Cap—
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