viii LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate Paqb 



66. Tiee-Creeper 146 



67. White-Tailed Eagle 147 



68. Common Buzzard 150 



69. Common or Ked Kite 151 



70. O-sprey 154 



71. Kestrel 155 



72. Sparrow- Hawk 158 



73. Merlin 159 



74. Peregrine Falcon 162 



75. Hen-Harrier 163 



76. Marsh-Harrier 166 



77. Cuckoo 167 



78. Barn Owl 171 



79. Long-Eared Owl 174 



80. Nightjar (Goatsucker) 175 



81. Black Grouse 182 



82. Ptarmigan 183 



83. Bewick's Swan, Mute Swan, and Whooper Swan . . 187 



84. Little Grebe and Heron 190 



85. Bittern 191 



86. Curlew 194 



87. Hoopoe 198 



88. Gray Lag-Goose 199 



89. Brent Goose 203 



90. Sheldrake 206 



91. Pintail and Wigeon 207 



92. Mallard and Gadwall 210 



93. Common Teal and Garganey 211 



94. Shoveller (Spoonbill) 214 



95. Tufted Duck and Scaup 215 



96. Common Pochard and Golden Eye 218 



97. Velvet Scoter and Long-Tailed Duck .... 219 



98. Eider Duck 222 



99. Smew, Red-Breasted Merganser, and Goosander . . 223 



100. Great Northern Diver 226 



101. Great Crested Grebe 230 



