LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



AUTHOR AND HIS PETS .... Frontispiece 



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1. "IHE KEEPER: A STURDY, BRONZED, BEWHISKERED 



FELLOW " . . . . . . .3 



2. curlew's nest ...... 7 



3. RING ouzel's nest WITH EGGS AND YOUNG . . I3 



4. sparrow-hawk's nest . . . . .21 



5. kestrel's eggs in very ancient nest of magpie . 25 



6. carrion crow's nest ..... 33 



7. A rookery . . . . . . -37 



8. A WELSH WATERFALL : IN THE RAVEN's HAUNT . 43 



9. raven's NEST . . . . . -47 



10. " FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNO " . . . 51 



11. raven's nest with TWO eggs . . . -53 



12. dipper's nest . . .... 57 



13. grey wagtail's nest . . . . -59 



14. nest OF YELLOW WAGTAIL . . ... 61 



15. sandpiper's nest on railway embankment . . 65 



16. heron's nest ...... 68 



