LIST OF PLATES 



PLATE TO FACE PAGE 



I. Guillemot's Eggs; Some of the many Colour 

 Varieties Ftoniispiece 



II. KiTTiWAKES {Rissa iridactyla) AND GUILLEMOT ( Uria troille) 8 



III. Common Heron {Ardea cinered) fishing by the Lake- 



side 88 



IV. (i) Eggs of Ringed Plover {^gialius hiaticuld) . . ijo 

 (ii) Young Herring Gulls (Zarus argentatus) 



V. Courtship of Great Crested Grebe .... 182 



VI. Birds of Paradise (Paradisea minor) .... 210 



VII. (i) Nest of Eider Duck {Sotnateria mollissimd) . . . 300 

 (ii) Nest of Shag (Pkalacrocorax graculus) 



VIII. (i) Nestlings of Great Skua {Catharacia skua) , . 316 

 (ii) Gull's Nest raided by Skua 



IX. The Great Auk and the Little Auk .... 370 



