[Bibliographical Note.—The Papers collected in this section appeared originally in magazines or other publications, as noted under each of them. The first six were reprinted in On the Old Road, eds. 1885, 1899; the seventh was reprinted in Arrows of the Chace, ed. 1880. A few errors in the former reprints are noted further on. For introductory notes on these Natural History papers, see above, pp. xxxi., xlv.]