LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The Nightingale : The Tail is in constant Motion ; On 

 her Favourite Perch. {Photographed by N. F. 

 Ticehurst). — Plate 5 (see j). 170) Frontispiece 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull, sho\nng (a) Dark- page 

 backed race ; (b) Light-backed race.- — ^Plate 1 



facing 1 



A Tengmalm's Owl captured in Northumberland ... 9 



Chaffinch's Nest with a " tail " seven inches long 



{Photographed by D. G. Garnet t) ... ... ... 14 



Nest of a Redbreast within that of a Song-Thrtjsh. 



{Photographed by D. G. Garnett) ... ... ... 15 



Robert Sibbald. {After the Engraving in Sir William 



Jardine's '^Naturalist's Library") — ^Plate 2 facing 33 



Plate 14 of the " Prodromus," depicting the Hen 



Capercaillie and the Great Skua 41 



A portion of Plate 15 of the " Prodromus," depicting 



the Great Northern Diver ... ... ... 50 



" TAvin " Nest of Black-headed Gulls 68 



Moorhen's Nest screened with Domes of Reeds ... 69 



Male Terek Sandpiper shot at Brookland, Romney 

 Marsh, Kent, on May 23rd, 1912. {Photographed 

 6t/ T. Parkin).— Plate 3 facing 73 



Great Crested Grebe in Summer-dress. {Drawn by 



A. Chapman) 107 



WiGEON in the month of May. {Drawn by A. Chapman) 109 



Pochard Diving. {Drawn by A. Chapman) Ill 



Tufted Ducks in the month of May, showing distri- 

 bution of colours. {Drawn by A. Chapman) ... 113 



Shovelers, an Impression at Grindon Lough. {Drawn 



% A. Chapman) 115 



