LIST OF 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



Heading ix 



Robin (Drawn iSth Century) . xii 

 Robin (Drawn 19th Century) . xii 

 Robin (I'hotofjraphed 20th Cen- 

 tury) xii 



Missel Thrush — Contented. 



Expectant, and Bored xi\ , xv 



Sunset on the Sea . xvi 



Young Long-tailed Tit . . i 



Shouldering the Imitation ()\ . 2 



Mounted on the Imitation Ox . 3 



The Stuffed Ox in Operation . 5 

 Skylark bringing Food to her 



Young .... 7 

 Song Thrush — Substance, 



Shadow, and Reflection 9 

 Wood Pigeon . . .11 

 Turtle-dove . .12 



Stuffed Sheep . '5 



Sandpiper on Nest . . iG 

 Wheatears (Male passing over 

 Food to Female to take 



to Young) . . . • ly 



Young Wheatears ... 20 

 Artificial Rock . .21 

 Dippers (Male passing Food to 



Female) .... 23 

 Curlew Sitting with half- 

 closed Eyes ... 28 

 Curlew Walking on to her 



Nest 29 



Curlew about to sit down on 



Eggs 30 



Hiding Tent Covered with 



Heather .... 32 



Merlin on Nest ■ ■ ■ 3i 

 Sod House for Photographing 



Golden Plover . . . 3S 



Male (iolden Plover Covering 



Chicks . . 39 



Female Golden Plover and 



Chicks .... 40 

 Young Golden Plover 41 



Photographing in a Cart-shed . 42 

 I'emale Rlackbird watching 

 her Chicks settle down 

 into Cavity of Nest after 

 being Fed .... 43 

 .\uthor Hidden under Wooden 



Mask ..... 44 

 .Vutiior with Wooden Mask Off 45 

 Grasshopf)er Warbler about to 

 sit down on Dummy 



Eggs 51 



\'iew on the .\von ... 52 

 I'hotographing a 1-lying Bird 



with a Gun Camera . . 53 

 Song Thrush's Nest without 



Mud Lining • • • 54 

 Ring Ouzel and Young Ones in 



a Nest on the Ground. . 55 

 Eggs of English and French 



Partridges in the Same 



Nest 58 



French Partridge's Nest Under 



a Plant-pot . • , • 59 



French Partridge Sitting on 



Nest Under Plant-pot . 61 

 Some Nests in Curious Places . 65 

 (iuU's Nest on Stone in Loch . 66 

 Lesser Black-backed Gulls . 6g 

 Song Thrush on Nest 70 



Male Song Thrush I^ringing 



Food . 71 



Robin Bringing Food to Young 



Thrushes . . . ■ 7\ 



