INDEX.
Reading edition
Aviary, Outdoor—at Warrington, 68.
Barn Owls, 82.
Bats in Old Church, 95.
Birds as friends, 11, 112.
Power of recognizing one another, 40, 41.
Blackbirds, 17, 22-25, 64, 65, 83, 84.
Blackcaps, 31.
Black Tern, 93.
"Blueback" Cheshire for Fieldfare, 22.
"Blue-cap" Cheshire for Tomtit, 38.
"Blue rock" local name for Stockdove, 94.
Bohemian Waxwing, 94.
Brambling, 67-68.
Bullfinch, 70.
Canary, 104.
Cat, changing its home, 106.
Extreme old age, 103.
Uncanny spirit, 104.
Chiffchaffs, 33.
Chaffinches, 64-67.
Coal-tits, 38, 41-43.
Contrivances for baffling sparrows on the Food-stand, 59-64.
"Coot" Cheshire for Waterhen, 90.
Corncrakes, 89.
Creeper, Tree-, 56.
Crossbills, 71.
Crows, Carrion-, 74.
Hooded-, 94.
Cuckoos, 81.
Dogs, their intelligence, their love of home, 108-110.
Dogs and cats compared, 103.
Earthquake and Pheasants, 89.
Eclipse, a bat flying about while it lasted, 95.
Fieldfares, 22.
Figs self-sown, 6.
Flycatchers, Spotted-, 48-51.
Pied-, 51.
Food for birds, 39.
Food receptacles, 40.
Food-stand, 59-64.
Fox, 97.
Frosts in spring, 3.
Garden-warbler, 34.
Golden-crested wrens, 32.
Golden plover, 91.
Goldfinches, 57.
"Goldfinch" Cheshire for Yellow-hammer, 71.
Greater Spotted woodpecker, 79.
Great Tits, 37, 38, 41.
Greenfinches, 57.
Gulls, 93.
Hares, 101.
Hawfinches, 58.
Hawks, Hobby, 94.
Kestrel, 84.
Sparrowhawk, 84.
Hedgehog, 96.
Hedgesparrows, 35.
Heron, 87.
Hobby, 94.
Holly berries sometimes left untouched, 14.
Hooded crow, 94.
House martins, 54.
House-sparrows, 58-66.
Jackdaws, 74.
Jays, 73.
"Jitty" Cheshire for Lesser Redpole, 68.
Kestrel, 84-87.
Kingfishers, 80.
"Kit" Cheshire for Redwing, 22.
Larks, 76.
Larks and Sparrow Hawk, 84.
Linnet, Green-, see Greenfinch.
Red-, Goldfinch.
"Longwings" Cheshire for Swift, 77.
Magpies, 73.
Marsh-tits, 41-43.
Martins, House-, 54.
Sand-, 55.
Meadow pipits, 47.
Missel Thrush, 13-16, 21, 86.
Mole, 95.
Mouse, Common-, 99-101.
Long-tailed, 99.
Nightjars, 78.
"Nicker" Cheshire for Goldfinch, 57.
"Old man" local name for Spotted flycatcher, 49.
Old man, lover of cats, 108.
Owls, Barn or White-, 82.
Brown, Longeared, and Shorteared-, 84.
Partridges, 89.
Peewits, 91.
"Peggy Whitethroat" Cheshire for Willow-warbler, 33.
Pheasants, 88.
"Pied finch" Cheshire for Chaffinch, 67.
Pied flycatcher, 51.
Pied wagtails, 46, 65.
Pipits, Meadow-, 47.
Tree-, 48.
Plants introduced becoming weeds, 8.
Plover, Golden-, 91.
Peewits, 91.
Rabbits, 98.
Rats, 97.
"Red Linnet" Cheshire for Goldfinch, 57.
Redpoles, Lesser-, 68-70.
Redshanks, 92.
Redstart, 27.
Redwing, 21.
Reed-bunting, 71.
Robins, 18, 27-30, 60, 62, 63.
Rooks, 75.
Sand-martins, 55.
Sandpipers, 92.
Sedge-warblers, 34.
"Shercock" Cheshire for Missel Thrush, 13.
Shrews, 99.
Skylarks, 76.
Snails not found in the garden, 4.
Snipe, 92.
Song Thrush, 16-21, 64, 65.
Sparrow Hawks, 84-86.
Sparrow, House-, 58-66.
Sparrows and Owls, 83.
Spotted Flycatchers, 48.
Starlings, 72-73.
Starlings and sparrows, 65.
Stoats, 97.
Stock-doves, 94.
Stonechat, 26.
Swallows, 18, 52-54.
Swallows and Flycatchers, 51, 54.
Swans, 87.
Swifts, 77.
Tern, Black-, 93.
"Throstle" Cheshire for Song Thrush, 16.
Thrush, Missel-, 13-16.
Song-, 16-21.
Five kinds feeding together, 22.
Tits, Blue- or Tomtit, 38-41.
Coal-, 38, 41-43.
Great-, 37, 38, 41.
Long-tailed-, 37.
Marsh-, 41-43.
Toads not found in the garden, 4.
Tomatoes self-sown, 6.
Tom-tits, 38-41, 62, 63.
Tree-creeper, 56.
Trees in the garden, 2.
Tree-pipit, 48.
Turtledoves, 88.
Two nests, one above the other, 94.
Voles, 99.
Wagtails, Pied-, 46, 47.
Yellow-, 47.
Wagtails and swallows, 54.
Warrington Town-hall outdoor aviary, 68.
Waterhens, 90.
"Weasel" local name for Stoat, 97.
Wheatears, 26.
Whinchats, 26.
Whitethroats, Greater-, 30.
Lesser-, 31.
Wild duck, 87.
Wild geese, 87.
Willow-warblers, 12, 33.
Woodpecker, Greater spotted-, 79.
Green-, 79.
Lesser spotted-, 80.
Wood-pigeons, 87.
Wood-wren, 34.
Wren, 18, 43-45.
Yellow-hammer, 71.
Yew-tree, Old-, in churchyard, 2.