LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



LOXG-EARED OwL WITH FlELD-MOUSE {Frontispiece) 



Kestrel ..... 



Young Kestrels, Five Weeks Old, in Nest 



Merlin on Nest .... 



Young Merlin .... 



The Haunt of the Merlin 



Young Tawny Owls 



Young Long-eared Owl . '. . 



Barn Owl ..... 



Nightjar on Nest .... 



Young Nightjar Twelve Days Old 



Starling at Nesting Hole in Apple-tree 



House-Sparrow .... 



Hedge-Sparrow on Nest . 



Cock 'Redstart at Nesting Hole 



Hen Redstart at Nesting Hole . 



Whitethroat feeding Young 



Lesser Whitethroat on Nest 



Garden Warbler on Nest 



Wood Warbler at Nest '. 



Willow Warbler .... 



Unusual Site for a Willow Warbler's Nest — 



in a Brick Wall Five Feet from the Ground 89 

 Nest of Golden-crested Wren — cut from Branch 



and placed on the Ground . . .96 



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