Part 1

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A BOOK OF NIMBLE BEASTS

A BOOK OF NIMBLE BEASTS

Bunny Rabbit, Squirrel, Toad, and "Those Sort of People"

DOUGLAS ENGLISH

Fellow and Medalist of the Royal Photographic Society

With Over 200 Illustrations from Photographs of Living Animals Taken by the Author

London Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Ltd. 148 Strand 1922

Printed by Woods & Sons, Ltd., 338-340, Upper Street, London, N. 1.

IN MEMORY C. J. E.

CONTENTS

PAGE JANUARY SOMETHING ABOUT BATS 17

FEBRUARY SOMETHING ABOUT TADPOLES 29

VALENTINE'S DAY A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO 41

MARCH ANIMALS' NESTS 75

APRIL SOMETHING ABOUT BEETLES 89

LADY DAY BUNNY RABBIT 101

MAY A BUTTERFLY PAINT-BOX 117

JUNE TWO WONDERFUL WASPS 127

MIDSUMMER DAY SPINIPES THE SAND-WASP 143

JULY PICTURES ON BUTTERFLIES' WINGS 171

AUGUST A VERY WEE BEASTIE AND A VERY BIG ONE 179

LAMMAS DAY IN WEASEL WOOD 187

SEPTEMBER SHEEP IN WOLVES' CLOTHING AND WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING 213