LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



" Among tJic lilacs "'..., 



The Wild S-waii 



Mobbing the Great Sea Lantern . 



'■^ In days of pijicliing K'ant^' 



"/Is nian^s familiar guests^' 



" Waiting for the signal to start " 



SK'allotcs and rain .... 



Grouse ....... 



" One of the ploughman''s companions " 



" The plovers scatter o''er the heath " . 



" The delightful dotterel . 



" Seems to act as timekeeper to the ducks 



" In the earldom of the Falcon " 



Where the eagle is at home 



The Peregrine ..... 



The old Cock Pheasant 



" Like SnoK'-birds that are happy without s 



CroK's at sundoK'U .... 



" /« some brake of fern and bramble" 

 House Sparroii' ..... 



The Corn-crake and its companions 



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