CONTENTS. - Spring and Summer-Scenery and Fishing on the Wye Forest Scenery · - Destruction of the Forests in England ―The old English Sportsman-Bramshill-Sherwood Forest Fairlop Oak-Forest of Dean Windsor PAGE - Aaron Hill's Scheme - Chantilly and Burnham Rides in Windsor Forest-The Heronry-Habits of Herons - The Heron-shaw-Affection for their Young The Oak-William the Conqueror's Oak-Its acorns Care in planting-Different kinds-The Quercus Mas-The common English Oak Remarkable Oaks The Swilcar Oak-Herne's Oak-Interest taken in it by Foreigners - Discussion as to its Identity The Ash-The Estimation it was held in by the Saxons- the Ancients - Remarkable Pine on the Sablettes The Elm and its Uses -The Elm in Italy - Elms in England spoilt by being stripped of their branches- Season for felling Elms- Remarkable Elms at Hamp- Lebanon Cedar Trees their foliage Avenue of Cedars- The Enfield Cedar . Notes on Animals - The Shrew Mouse-Its pugnacity - Blackbirds - Anecdote of a Stock Dove - Reasoning faculties in Animals - Robin and Snake - Dislikes exhibited by Animals- taken by a Dog-The Cat and the Jay - The Sporting The Song of Birds-Anecdote of a Mocking Bird- Emulation in Birds-Sedge Warblers-The Black-cap — Mocking Birds - Starlings - Dialect in the Songs of Birds-Town and Country Thrushes-The London The River Side-Appreciation of the beauties of Nature -Izaak Walton-His Instructions to Anglers — Vin- Swallows - Their attachment to the dwellings of Man Their food-Their great utility-Hint to Hop growers - Folly of destroying them-Ancient Greek Carol on the Swallow Anecdote of Young Swallows - Curious position of a Swallow's nest-Their Emigration - Effects of preserving Game too strictly - Rooks and other Birds of great use to farmers-Ant Bears -The study of Natural History recommended Wild Dogs-Origin of Domestic Dogs - Sheep Dogs- Their great sagacity— Anecdote of a Wood Pigeon- Attachment in a Lamb-Affection of a Horse for its attendant-Anecdotes of Dogs - Sheep Dogs - Sense of Dogs Affection in Cats - Memory of Dogs. Flight of Sea Birds - Adaptations of Nature-Birds of the Galapagos Islands Australian Birds-The Sacred - Megapode-Nests of the Jungle Fowl-Description An English Cottage-Love of Gardens in England - English love of Flowers Gardens a source grubs of Hornets -The hum of Queen Bees-Hyber- nation of Wasps - Flight of Wasps and Bees - Their - - The Italian Poplar Its rapid growth Poplars in afforded by it to Birds - Holly Hedges at Tyring- PAGE The Common Fern-Its use as food-Some Animals - Multiplicity of created beings - Insects in tropical Cli- Eel-holes-Mode of catching Eels-A tame Perch-Habits of the Perch-Season for Catching Perch -- Use of the - - |