Creatures of the night
Subtitle: a book of wild life in western Britain
By: by Alfred W. Rees ...
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Animal behavior; Animals -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Illustrated t.-p.
The form of these studies has been extensively altered, and, in some instances, the titles changed since they appeared, originally, in the Standard. cf. Pref.
Table of contents: title: The otter: I. The holt among the alders. II. The pool beneath the farmstead. III. The gorge of Alltycafn.; title: The water-vole: I. Our village hounds. II. The burrow in the river bank. III. Wild hunting. IV. Saved by an enemy. V. The courage of fear.; title: The field-vole: I. Hidden pathways in the grass. II. The valley of Olwen. III. A barren hillside.; title: The fox: I. The last hunt. II. A new home. III. The cub and the polecat. IV. A cry of the night.; title: The brown hare: I. The upland cornfield. II. March madness. III. The chase.; title: The badger: I. A woodland solitude. II. Home discipline. III. Fear of the trap. IV. The winter "oven." V. Hillside trails.; title: The hedgehog: I. A vagabond hunter. II. An experience in snake-killing.; title: Night in the woods: I. Haunts of the badger and the fox. II. The Crag of Vortigern.