ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD AND GARDEN BY JEAN-HENRI FABRE Author of “The Story-Book of Science,” “Our Humble Helpers,” “Field, Forest and Farm,” “The Secret of Everyday Things,” etc. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY FLORENCE CONSTABLE BICKNELL NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I What Uncle Paul Proposes to Talk About 3 II Teeth 6 III The Different Shapes of Teeth 13 IV Bats 24 V The Bat’s Wings 36 VI The Bat’s Senses of Smell and Hearing 43 VII The Hedgehog 49 VIII Hibernation 58 IX The Mole 67 X The Mole’s Nest—The Shrew-Mouse 77 XI The Exploit of One-Eyed John 84 XII Nocturnal Birds of Prey 90 XIII Rats 93 XIV Meadow-Mice—Hamsters—Dormice 106 XV Horned Owls 114 XVI Other Owls 122 XVII The Eagle 129 XVIII Hawks and Falcons 137 XIX Kestrels, Kites, and Buzzards 144 XX The Raven 154 XXI The Crow 160 XXII Woodpeckers 168 XXIII More about Woodpeckers 177 XXIV Climbers—The Hoopoe 184 XXV The Cuckoo 188 XXVI Shrikes 197 XXVII The Titmouse 204 XXVIII The Wren and the Kinglet 214 XXIX Swallows 220 XXX Swifts and Night-Jars 231 XXXI The Bird’s Beak 240 XXXII Insectivorous Birds 245 XXXIII Granivorous Birds 253 XXXIV Snakes and Lizards 260 XXXV The Batrachians 273 XXXVI The Toad 280 XXXVII Instinct 290 XXXVIII The Grain-Weevil 295 XXXIX The Common Caterpillar 300 XL Caterpillars at Table 304