"_One of the ploughman's companions_" 51 "_The plovers scatter o'er the heath_" 62 "_The delightful dotterel_" 65 "_Seems to act as timekeeper to the ducks_" 68 "_In the earldom of the Falcon_" 73 _Where the eagle is at home_ 77 _The Peregrine_ 81 _The old Cock Pheasant_ 85 "_Like Snow-birds that are happy without sun_" 87 _Crows at sundown_ 94 "_In some brake of fern and bramble_" 100 _House Sparrow_ 107 _The Corn-crake and its companions_ 115 _The Nuthatch at home_ 121 _Nesting-hole of Wryneck_ 126 _The Tit of Rowfant_ 129 _Long-eared Owl_ 137 _The Magpie's fortress_ 139 _Where the Kestrels build_ 141 "_Enhancing every charm by its transient brilliance_" 145 _The Eagle of the Sea_ 155 _Guillemots_ 157 _The Sea-Birds' citadel_ 159 _The Sea-Parrots at home_ 164 "_Where the sea-folk cluster_" 166 _Petrels resting_ 171 _Gulls_ 175 _Nest of Lesser Black-backed Gull_ 179 _Among the Skuas_ 182 _A Colony of Cormorants_ 183 _Black-throated Diver_ 184 _The King of the Pool_ 190 _The cave-haunting Martlet_ 194 "_When the ponds are all ice-locked_" 197 _Did I hear some one?_ 203 _The Water Hen_ 207 CHAPTER I THE BIRDS OF THE SEASONS--SOME BIRDS OF PASSAGE--THE MIRACLE OF MIGRATION--THE THRUSH--THE BLACKBIRD--WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SINGING?--THE SWALLOW CHAPTER I "_And now the goddess bids the birds appear,_ _Raise all their music and salute the year._" WYATT.