LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FLYING WILD DUCK5

SACRED BEETLE7

SWALLOW11

REARING BIRDS FROM THE NEST18

STARLINGS21

FLYING STARLINGS25

STARLING IN SEARCH OF FOOD43

WILD DUCK51

TINY, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND LUTHER58

JAY59

ANOTHER JAY61

A YOUNG CUCKOO.66

BUTTERFLY AND CATERPILLAR67

YOUNG CUCKOO ATTACKED BY BIRDS69

ARABESQUE79

ZÖE, THE NUTHATCH87

NUTHATCH IN A COCOANUT98

TITMICE IN PURSUIT OF BEES99

TITMICE101

BLANCHE THE PIGEON108

GERBILLES112

WATER SHREW125

SQUIRREL126

MOLE131

MICE140

ROMAN SNAILS146

EARWIG156

EGYPTIAN BEETLES157

FLYING BEETLE162

TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS163

BUTTERFLY173

ANT-LION178

THE ROBIN183

YOUNG BIRDS195

CHILD AND PET BIRD201

RAB MINOR202

RAB MINOR RUNNING206

NESTLINGS207

NEST OF WASPS214

SNAKE IN A CIRCLE230

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.

WO short chapters, one describing the life of an Ant-lion, and the other the habits of a tame Toad, were added to the second edition, which was in other respects a reproduction of the first.

The present edition has been improved by the adoption of a number of illustrations which were designed for the German translation of this book.