ILLUSTRATIONS 



Young Ravens Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Golden Eagle soaring off her Eyrie ... 4 



Eyrie of the Golden Eagle 16 



Golden Eagle's Eyrie containing a Solitary Egg . 16 



Golden Eaglet nearly a Month Old .... 22 

 Golden Eaglet (taken about five weeks before the bird 



left the eyrie) 22 



Male Golden Eagle (after the first flight from the eyrie) 30 



A Former Nesting Site of the Osprey ... 52 



The Peregrine Falcon's Home 66 



Nesting Site of Goosander, Kestrel, Dipper, and 



Ring Ouzel 72 



Young Kestrels 74 



A Raven's Nest 80 



Young Ravens 80 



Grey Crow's Nest in a Sheltered Glen ... 94 



Ptarmigan brooding on her Eggs .... 106 



The Mist-filled Corrie of the Ptarmigan . . .112 



Nest of the Ptarmigan 3500 Feet above Sea-level . 112 



The First Autumn Snowfall 124 



Nest of the Greyhen 134 



Greyhen on Nest 134 



Nest of the Capercaillie 152 



