^'"'^ AMONG THE BIRDS 



IN 



NORTHERN SHIRES 



BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



Author of " Rural Bird-life" "Tlio Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands" 



" British Sea Birds" "Curiosities of Bird-life" 



'The Migration of Birds "The JMigration of British Birds" "Bird-life in a Southern County" &c 



IflTH COLOURED FRONTISPIECE AND FORTY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 

 BY CHARLES l^HYMPER 



BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED 



LONDON GLASGOW AND DUBLIN 

 1900 



