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WALK I.—April1 On the Moors — Swallows — Water-voles — Peewits — Marsh Marigold — Water-primrose — Moles — Herons — Kingfishers — Moschatelle — Water-scorpion.

WALK II.—April17 Ophrydium — Reed Sparrow — Whirligig Beetles — Fresh-water Mussels — Zebra Mussel — Titmice — Thrushes cracking Snail-shells — Dabbling in a Pond — Dyticus, or Great Water-beetle — Corethra Larva — Weasels.

WALK III.—May36 Searching for Sticklebacks' Nests — Nest-making Fish — Snail Leeches — Other Leeches — Cuckoo Flowers — Blue Speedwell — Stitchwort — Tadpoles — Frogs — Frog and Cat.

WALK IV.—May50 The Melicerta or Tubicolous Wheel-animalcule — Water-crowfoot or Buttercup — Sedge-warbler — Reed-warbler's Nest — Cuckoos — Horsetail — Hydræ.

WALK V.—May69 Drive to Shawbury — Trout Fishing — Parasite on Trout — Curious habit of a Two-winged Fly — Ephemeræ, or May-flies — Willy hooking out Dace — Another fish Parasite — Globe Flower — Dragon-flies — Quotation from Thomson's 'Seasons.'

WALK VI.—June84 In the Fields — St. George's Mushroom — Tree-creepers — A handful of Grasses — Nettles and Dead Nettles — Butterfly — Larvæ feeding on Nettle Leaves — Fresh-water Polyzoa — Eggs of Newts — Development of Newts — Donacia Beetles — Planarian Worms.

WALK VII.—June103 Hedgehog and young ones — Hedgehogs, injurious or not? — On the Moors again — Great Tomtit — Shrikes or Butcher Birds — Lady-bird Beetles — Swifts — Coots — Water-hens — Grebes — Convolvulus.

WALK VIII.—July119 Frog's Spawn Alga — Other Fresh-water Algæ — Hawks — Kestrel — Sparrow Hawk — Buzzard — Shrew-mouse, superstitions about — Spiders' Nests and Webs — Spiders' Fangs — Spiders' Feet.

WALK IX.—July133 In the Fields again — Scarlet Pimpernel — Goat's Beard — Caddis Worms and Flies — Forget-me-not — Goldfinches — Cruelty of country lads to young birds — Grasshoppers — Crickets — Pike, voracity and size of.

WALK X.—October145 In the Woods at the foot of the Wrekin — A hunt for Fungi — Fly Agarics — Victims nailed to a tree — Gamekeepers — Squirrels — Rare Fungi — Woodcocks — Ring-marks on fallen timber — Conclusion.