Tales of the birds

"Tales of the birds" by W. Warde Fowler is a collection of stories about different birds. Some of the interesting tales include The Falcon's Nest, The Owls' Revenge, A Debate in an Orchard, etc. Excerpt: «A WINTER'S TALE. There is a certain quiet bit of land, just where two midland counties meet, that is in winter a favourite resort of the fieldfares. There they find all they need—the hedges are usually bright with hips, and with the darker crimson berries of the hawthorn; the fields are all pasture-meadows, and the grass is tufty and full of insects; a little stream winds snake-like through the fields, hidden by an overarching growth of briar and bramble.»