VI. BRITISH BIRDS. 



Slender-billed Curlew . . . . . . . . 122 



Fieldfare at Nest. {Photographed by Howard 



Bentham) . . . . . . . . . . 131 



Xests of one Pair of Robins. {Photographed by J. H. 



Owen) 132 



Young Great Spotted Woodpeckers. {Photographed 



by J. H. Owen) 137 



Black-throated Diver. {Photographed by O. G. 



Pike).— Plate 3 facing 177 



Grey Lag -Goose standing in front of her Nest. 



{Photographed by 0. G. Pike) 179 



The Nest of the Grey Lag-Goose with the Eggs Un- 

 covered. {Photographed by 0. G. Pike) . . . . 181 



The Black-throated Diver settling down. {Photo- 

 graphed by O. G. Pike) 182 



Black-throated Diver listening to the Photo- 

 grapher's Remarks. {Photographed by O. G. Pike) 



The North American Peregrine 



A Malformed Bill of a Curlew . . 



Male Common Partridge in Winter -Plumage, No- 

 vember (Fig. 1) 235 



Male Common Partridge in Eclipse-Plumage, 



August (Fig. 2) 235 



Female Common Partridge still retaining Breeding- 

 Plumage, August (Fig. 3) 237 



Female Common Partridge in Winter-Plumage, 



November (Fig. 4) 237 



Adult Male Collared Flycatcher . . . . . . 238 



Nest of Sandwich Tern. {Photographed by E. B. 



Dunlop) 250 



Portrait of Thomas Muffett. {From the Title-page of 



the " Theatrum Insectorum "). — ^Plate 4 facing 261 



