XX ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Retreat of the Yellow-breasted Chat 

 when shyly eluding visitors ; where also late Her- 

 mit Thrushes in the autumn linger fearlessly . . . 1 76 



The European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), in and 

 beneath which the Thrushes seek seclusion, and 

 through which the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher rest- 

 lessly flitted 196 



