# Hampshire Days

Author: Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922

Genre: Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60041

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hampshire+Days+Hudson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Autumn in the New Forest--Red colour in mammals--November mildness--A house by the Boldre--An ideal spot for small birds--Abundance of nests--Small mammals and the weasel's part--Voles and mice--Hornet and bank-vole--Young shrews--A squirrel's visit--Green woodpecker's drumming-tree--Drumming of other species--Beauty of great spotted woodpecker--The cuckoo controversy--A cuckoo in a robin's nest--Behaviour of the cuckoo--Extreme irritability--Manner of ejecting eggs and birds from the nest--Loss of irritability--Insensibility of the parent robins--Discourse on mistaken kindness, pain and death in nature, the annual destruction of bird life, and the young cuckoo's instinct.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hampshire-days-60041/chapters/12/index.md)