LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The NutJiatch at home 

 Nesting-hole of Wryneck 

 The Tit of Rotcfant . 

 Long-eared Owl . 

 The Magpie's fortress . 

 Where the Kestrels build 

 " Enhancing every cJiann by its t 

 The Eagle of tlie Sea . 

 Guillemots .... 

 Tlie Sea-Birds' citadel 

 The Sea-Parrots at home 

 " Where the sea-folk cluster'' 

 Petrels resting 



Gulls 



Nest of Lesser Black-backed Gull 



Among the Skuas 



A Colony of Cormorants 



Black-throated Diver . 



The King of the Pool . 



The cave-haunting Martlet . 



'• When the ponds are all ice-lock 



Did I hear some one? . 



The Water Hen . 



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