Part 2

OCTOBER THE BEASTIES' BED-TIME 227

MICHAELMAS DAY THE BLUNDERS OF BARTIMÆUS 237

NOVEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT A CHAMÆLEON 261

DECEMBER THE TRAIL OF NIMBLE BEASTS 269

CHRISTMAS DAY THE GREAT GREEN GRASSHOPPER'S BAND 279

BOXING-DAY THE PYGMY SHREW 301

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IN WEASEL WOOD

HE HELD HIMSELF WITH AN AIR, HIS BODY ARCHED, ONE BROAD WHITE PAD UPLIFTED, HIS TAIL CURVED DECOROUSLY Frontispiece

A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO

THE GREEN TOAD SLOWLY STRETCHED HIMSELF. "THAT?" SAID HE, "THAT'S NOT FRENCH" 60

AT THE FIFTH STONE--A BULKY SLANTING ONE-- HE SIGHTED THE FRENCH FROG 60

SPINIPES, THE SAND WASP

AN INSTANT'S PAUSE TO SHIFT HER GRIP, AND SHE HAD PUSHED THE GRUB WITHIN THE ENTRANCE 162

"TAKE THAT--AND THAT--AND THAT," SAID SPINIPES, AND DROVE HER SHARP STING HOME 162

THE GREAT GREEN GRASSHOPPER'S BAND

AND THE LAST THING WINNIE REMEMBERS WAS THE GREAT GREEN GRASSHOPPER'S WIFE HURRYING THE LITTLE SKIPJACKS OFF TO BED 279

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SOMETHING ABOUT BATS Natterer's Bat 17 Lesser Horseshoe Bat 19 The Noctule 20 The Noctule 21 Lesser Horseshoe Bat going to sleep 22 The Greater Horseshoe 23 The Greater Horseshoe Bat hanging head downwards 24 Long-eared Bat 25 The Pipistrelle 27

SOMETHING ABOUT TADPOLES Toad's Spawn 29 Frog's Spawn floating on the water 31 Frog's Spawn Quite Fresh 33 Frog's Spawn showing Young Tadpoles, &c. 34 Frog's Spawn beginning to Grow 35 Tadpoles getting like Frogs 36 Tadpoles full grown 39

A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO Passable 43 His Little Eyes were Starting from their Sockets 47 The Water Rat 48 The Salamander 51 The Natterjack 52 Have you Seen this Trick before 53 The French Frog 57 "I see a Natterjack" 58 "Fetch him," thundered the King Toad 59 Five Times He Tried 65 The Shrew Mouse 66 He Bristled with Apologies 67 The Green Toad 69 His Inside was Red Hot 70 He Lay as He had Fallen 71 "Ducks," whispered Bombinatrix 73

ANIMALS' NESTS Four Moles' Nests Together 77 The Squirrel 79 The Harvest Mouse Nest 81 The Dormouse 83 A Dormouse's Nursery Nest 85 The Harvest Mouse 86

SOMETHING ABOUT BEETLES The Stag-Beetle 91 The Stag-Beetle that I ran over 93 The Female Stag-Beetle 95 The Great Water Beetle 96 The Musk Beetle 97 The Cockchafer 98 The Churchyard Beetle 99

BUNNY RABBIT Landed on his Back six feet below 103 It wasn't Mother after all 105 He Combed his Ears Out 106 He Watched and Heard the Awakening of the Wood 108 Berus the Adder 110 Lay full length, eyes closed 113 Bunny Rabbit Watched him out of Sight 116

A BUTTERFLY PAINT-BOX The Brimstone Butterfly 118 The Red Admiral 119 The Purple Emperor 120 The Clifden Blue 121 The Swallow Tail Butterfly 122 The Black Pepper Moth 123 The Silver-washed Fritillary 124

TWO WONDERFUL WASPS Spinipes' burrow opened up 128 Spinipes Bringing up a Grub 129 Spinipes Grub Feeding 131 Cocoon which Spinipes' Grubs make 132 The Little Beetle that Caterpillars turn into 133 Before and After the Thunderstorm 135 Crabro 136 Crabro Looking out of her hole 137 How the Cocoons Looked 138 One of the Crabro's Stores of Blue-Bottles 139 What the piece of Elm-bough looked like 140 One of the Cocoons of Crabro in Elm-bough 141

SPINIPES, THE SAND-WASP The Sand Cliff splits the Old Gravel-Pit in two 144 First the Wild Bees, Red King, Black Queen 146 Down Dropped a Red King 147 "In Sand, Ma'am, in Sand" 148 "Well, call me when it comes" 149 Spinipes commenced to Dig in Earnest 151 "Good Hunting, Sister!" said the Ophion Fly 153 The Rose Chafer 155 Out flew the Bees 157 Hour after Hour she Toiled 158 The Lowest Chamber of the Shaft now held a precious thing 159 A Flabby, Green, Blackheaded Grub 160 Twelve Grubs in all she brought 163 She Sank five other Curving Shafts 167