Chapter I: Front Matter

BIRDS AND MAN

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| _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ |
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| Birds in a Village |
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| Adventures among Birds |
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| Nature in Downland |
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| Hampshire Days |
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| The Land's End |
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| A Shepherd's Life |
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| Afoot in England |
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| The Purple Land |
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| Green Mansions |
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| A Crystal Age |
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| South American Sketches |
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| The Naturalist in La Plata |
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| A Little Boy Lost |
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BIRDS AND MAN

BY

W. H. HUDSON

LONDON

DUCKWORTH & CO.

3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

_New Edition published by Duckworth & Co. 1915_

Re-issued 1920

This book has been out of print for several years and has been somewhat altered for this new edition. The order in which the chapters originally appeared is changed. One chapter dealing mainly with bird life in the Metropolis, a subject treated fully in another work, has been omitted; two new chapters are added, and some fresh matter introduced throughout the work.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. Birds at their Best 1
II. Birds and Man 37
III. Daws in the West Country 58
IV. Early Spring in Savernake Forest 79
V. A Wood Wren at Wells 101
VI. The Secret of the Willow Wren 117
VII. Secret of the Charm of Flowers 133
VIII. Ravens in Somerset 159
IX. Owls in a Village 173
X. The Strange and Beautiful Sheldrake 187
XI. Geese: an Appreciation and a Memory 199
XII. The Dartford Warbler 222
XIII. Vert--Vert; or Parrot Gossip 249
XIV. Something Pretty in a Glass Case 269
XV. Selborne 283
Index 303

BIRDS AND MAN