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LIST OF ILLV ST RATIONS. 



Redshank's Nest Concealed in 

 Grass Tuft 



Redshank Walking on to Nest 



Nest Revealed . 



Redshank Covering Chicks 



Young Redshank 



Reed-bunting . 



Reed-bunting . 



Cuckoo .... 



Sedge- Warblers 



Male Reed-warbler on Nest 



Female Reed-warbler holding 

 Food in her bill until her 

 Chicks grow Hungry again 



Female Yellow Wagtail going 

 to Nest .... 



Male Yellow Wagtail 



Blackheaded Gull : Looking 

 for a Nesting Site. Ex- 

 amining the Situation. 

 Bringing Building Mate- 

 rials . . . . . 



Male Bearded Tit on Nest 



(irasshopper Warbler on Nest . 



Water Rail coming on to Nest . 



Water Rail on Nest . 



Reed-covered l^oat, with .Author 

 Peeping from his place of 

 Concealment 



Young Crested Grebes 



Great Crested Grebe on Nest 



Garganey Teal's Nest and Eggs 



On the Broads . 



A Welsh Rock Stack 



On the Cliffs, Ailsa Cra'g 



Gannet about to Fly . 



Gannet on Nest. 



Razorbills 



Kittiwakes, Razorbills, and 

 Common Guillemots Breed- 

 ing together 



187 

 187. 

 187 

 189 

 190 

 192 

 193 

 195 

 197 

 202 



203 



203 

 206 



20S 

 211 

 213 

 215 



217 



219 

 220 

 221 

 222 

 223 

 224 

 225 

 227 

 229 

 230 



231 



Puffins ..... 235 

 Stroking an Eider Duck on her 



Nest ..... 236 



Lesser Black-backed Gull . 238 



Arctic Tern on Nest . . 239 

 Cormorants and Common Guil- 

 lemots at home . . .241 

 Shag, or Green Cormorant, 



Guarding Young . . 243 



Stone House for Photographing 



C3yster-catcher . . . 247 

 Oyster - catcher Approaching 



her Eggs . . .249 



Oyster-catcher on Nest . -251 



Ringed Plover on Nest 255 

 Ringed Ploxer about to Walk 



on to her Eggs . . 256 



Common Gull coming to Nest . 257 



Common Gull on Nest . 259 



The Bass Rock .... 262 

 Robin Feeding upon Cocoanut 

 placed on Horn of Stuffed 



Ox for Tits . 263 



Jack Snipe Commencing to 



Feed ..... 267 

 Wild Ducks on Ice . 269 

 Gulls on the Tliames Embank- 

 ment ..... 275 

 Moorhens on Ice . 278 

 Rook ..... 279 

 Song Thrush coming to Feed . 282 

 Hungry Sparrows at Breakfast 283 

 Blackbird and .Apple. 284 

 Hedge and House Sparrows . 284 

 Inspecting, Tasting, Enjoying . 286 

 .\nother Arrival, and Suspicion 287 

 Confidence .... 287 

 Hazel Nuts split by Great Tits . 288 



Blue Tit 289 



A l-"a\t)urite Ditch for Snipe in 



Winter .... 292 



