LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PART I.— BIRDS 



BEARDED TITMICE — NEST AND EGGS 



Frontispiece 



GATHERING SEA-BIRDS' EGGS (YORKSHIRE) 



EGG-GATHERERS 



blackbird's NEST AND EGGS IN A CLIFF (YORKSHIRE) 



RING-OUZEL'S NEST 



COMMON WHEATEAR'S NEST AND EGGS . 



MUD COTTAGE (NORFOLK) 



NIGHTINGALE'S NEST AND EGGS .... 



REED -WARBLER'S NEST IN A BL.\CK-CURRANT BUSH (NOR 



FOLK) 



REED-WARBLER'S NEST AND EGGS 



YOUNG GRASSHOPPER-WARBLERS AND NEST 



GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER'S NEST AND EGGS 



REED-PHEASANTS AND NEST 



THE HAUNT OF THE WAGTAIL . 



SAND-MARTINS AND BURROWS . 



CHAFFINCH'S NEST AND EGGS . 



LESSER redpoll's NEST AND EGGS 



YELLOW-HAMMERS 



REED-BUNTING'S NEST AND EGGS 



JACKDAW'S NEST (DEVONSHIRE) 



A ROOKERY IN SPRING 



NIGHTJARS {full-page illustration) 



YOUNG KINGFISHERS . 



THE M.ARSH OWL {full-page illustration) 



THE MARSH HARRIER {fullpage illustration) 



41 

 43 



52 



53 

 60 



76 



91 

 108 

 n8 

 125 

 128 



135 



146 



153 

 . 160 



To face page 1 69 

 173 



To face page 



PAGE 



I 



II 

 12 

 16 



24 

 26 



