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I. THE NIGHT-JAR 1
II. PROPHETIC AUTUMN 10
III. OUR WINGED HOUSE-FELLOWS 17
IV. A NEIGHBOURLY GOSSIP 26
V. A RABBIT OF THE WORLD 33
VI. THE ADDER’S SIESTA 42
VII. A FLIGHT OF QUAILS 49
VIII. IN LEAFLESS WOODS 58
IX. A BUTTERFLY EPISODE 65
X. THE FROZEN POND 74
XI. THE GNARLED PINE-TREE 81
XII. IVY IN THE COPSE 90
XIII. A DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE 97
XIV. COLTSFOOT FLOWERS 106
XV. A HEATHER EPISODE 113
XVI. THE CHRYSALIS YEAR 122
XVII. A SUMMER STROLL 129
XVIII. A MOORLAND FIRE 138
XIX. THE ARCADIAN DONKEY 145
XX. A LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE 153
XXI. THE SHRIKE’S LARDER 160
XXII. NESTS AND NO NESTS 167
XXIII. THE CROUCH OAK 176
XXIV. A SPOTTED ORCHIS 183
XXV. THE ROOT OF THE MATTER 192
XXVI. THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL 199
XXVII. THE LARK IN AUTUMN 207
XXVIII. THE SQUIRREL’S HARVEST 215
XXIX. A DRAINED FISHPOND 223
XXX. AN INTERVIEW WITH A COCK-SPARROW 230
XXXI. THE GREEN WOODPECKER 237
XXXII. THE HAREBELL 244
XXXIII. THE UNTAMABLE SHREW 251