[Illustration: The Lark’s Nest.]
MORE TALES
OF THE BIRDS
BY
W. WARDE FOWLER
AUTHOR OF “A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS,” ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCES L. FULLER_
_London_
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1902
_All rights reserved_
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.
TO
A. A. E. F.
IN MEMORY OF PLEASANT DAYS
IN THE SUNNY SUMMER
OF 1901
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. The Lark’s Nest 1
II. The Sorrows of a House Martin 24
III. The Sandpipers 51
IV. The Last of the Barons 79
V. Downs and Dungeons 104
VI. Doctor and Mrs. Jackson 130
VII. A Lucky Magpie 147
VIII. Selina’s Starling 185
IX. Too Much of a Good Thing 204