In a Cheshire Garden
In a Cheshire Garden
Natural History Notes
BY
GEOFFREY EGERTON-WARBURTON,
Rector of Warburton.
LONDON
SHERRATT AND HUGHES
Manchester: 34 Cross Street
1912
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PREFACE.
These Notes appeared from April to June this year in The WarringtonGuardian and afterwards came out in a de-localised form in TheStaffordshire Weekly Sentinel.
I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. P. Ramsdale, of Heatley, for thephotographs of The Old Church, The Yew-tree, and The Flower Garden (asit was some years ago).
My thanks are due also to Mr. Garrett for kindly allowing me to use hisvery interesting photograph of The Two Nests referred to on page 94.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Introductory | 1 |
| II. | Weeds and Alien Plants | 5 |
| III. | Birds—Thrushes | 11 |
| IV. | Chats, Robins, and Warblers | 26 |
| V. | Tits and Wrens | 37 |
| VI. | Wagtails, Flycatchers, Swallows, and other Insect-eaters | 46 |
| VII. | Sparrows and other Finches | 57 |
| VIII. | Finches, Starlings, and Crows | 67 |
| IX. | Other Birds | 77 |
| X. | British Mammals | 95 |
| XI. | Dogs and Cats |