LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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LITTLE BITTERN 



JACKDAWS 



ARMED ALBANIAN CONGREGATION AT OPEN-AIR SERVICE 



MOHAMMEDAN FUNERAL . 



THE AUTHOR IN ALBANIAN COSTUME 



EMBARKING WITH THE FISHERMEN 



PELICANS 



PELICANS ON THEIR NESTS 



NEST OF PELICANS . 



OUR PARTY PREPARING TO CROSS AN ALBANIAN RIVER 



LANDING THE PELICAN 



ALBANIAN FERRY 



OUR CAMP IN THE FOREST 



FIREWOOD PONIES 



ATTITUDES OF GREAT WHITE HERON WHEN FEEDING 



GREAT WHITE HERON AND LITTLE EGRET 



GREAT WHITE HERON FEEDING . 



ALBANIAN FAMILY 



HANGING NEST OF PENDULINE TIT 



YOUNG GREAT WHITE HERONS . 



GREAT WHITE HERON AND YOUNG 



ON VALENCZE SEE . 



NEST OF SPOTTED CRAKE . 



NEST OF BLACK-NECKED GREBE 



NEST OF WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN 



NEST OF LITTLE BITTERN . 



NEST OF LITTLE BITTERN . 



LITTLE BITTERN 



NEST OF WATER-RAIL 



NEST OF LITTLE CRAKE . 



WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN ON NEST 



NEST OF SPOTTED CRAKE . 



NEST OF GOLDEN ORIOLE . 



DALMATIAN PELICANS 



LITTLE BITTERN 



PELICAN ON NEST . 



PELICANS AT THEIR NESTS 



PELICANS AT THEIR TOILET 



EGYPTIAN VULTURES AND RAVENS 



UNEXPECTED VISITORS IN THE FOREST 



'ONE OF THEM BROUGHT BACK MY HORSE ; 



SEA EAGLE RETURNING TO ITS NEST 



NEST OF SEA EAGLE. 



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