Chapter 21

Polecats, enemies of young hedgehogs, 384

Rabbit, burrowing in badgers' "set," 314, 315

Rabbits, clearing tracks, 418

Rat, brown, attacked by water-voles, 123 ----, ----, habits of, 64, 110 ---- -hunting, by riverside, 58-60

Rats, migration of, 110

"Redd" of salmon, 99

Salmon, migration of, 95, 96 ---- -fishing, experiences in, 26-30 ---- -pool, seldom visited, 25 ---- -spawn, destroyers of, 99 ---- - ----, guarded by salmon, 98, 100, 101

Sheep-dog, and otter, 17

Sorrel, as medicinal herb for wild animals, 335

Sport, winter, 54

Squirrel, harvesting only ripe seeds and nuts, 105 ----, inquisitive, 92

Stoats, following rats in migration, 110

Stone-fly, 20

Teal, 31

Terrier, worsted by otter, 44

Thrush, autumn song of, 24 ----, defending young against hedgehog, 405

Trick, poacher's, to capture hare, 276

Trout, an old, carnivorous, 95 ----, habit of, in spring, 19

Viper, attacked by hedgehog, 397 ----, enemy of young hedgehogs, 398

Vixen, dispossessing another of "breeding earth," 201 ----, life spared by hounds, 219 ----, routing terrier from "breeding earth," 191

Vixen-cubs, quicker to learn than fox-cubs, 210

Voles, see _Bank-voles, Field-voles, Water-voles_

Water-shrew, described, 93 ----, food of, 93, 94, 106, 107 ----, habits of, 93, 94

Water-vole, and otter, 86-89 ----, and owl, 89, 118 ----, and trout, 94, 125 ----, as singer, 79-82, 89 ----, constructing nest, 121, 122 ----, described, 121 ----, enemies of, 79 ----, food of, 71, 105, 106 ----, habits studied, 80 ----, home of, 68, 69, 103, 109, 110, 117, 126 ----, love episodes of, 117-120 ----, methods of fighting, 119, 123 ----, winter storehouse of, 105, 109, 126

Water-voles, attacking brown rat, 123

Weasel, ferocity of, 76 ----, food for fox-cub, 213

Weasels, following rats in migration, 110

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