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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FRONTISPIECE (facing title) 



Beech, 4 



Elm, 7 



Partridge, 18 



Black grouse, 19 



Red deer, 20 



Wild duck, 26 



Wild boar, 28 



Swallow, 29 



Spotted fly-catcher, 31 



Blackcap, 32 



Water-rat, 30 



Snipe, 33 



Common rat, 34 



Hoopoe, 36 



Grosbeak, 37 



Crossbill, 38 



Miller's thumb, 38 



House martin, 39 



Pipistrelle bat, 40 



Harvest-mouse and nest, 42 



Waxwing, 43 



Chaffinch, 46 



Linnet, 47 



Quail, 47 



W 7 heatear, 48 



Weasel, 51 



Polecat, 52 



Bullfinch, 53 



Curlew, 55 



Chiff-chaff, 56 



Nuthatch, 58 



Metamorphosis of Newt, 61 



Viper, 62 



Ringed snake, 62 



Blindworm, 63 



Knot sandpiper, 69 



Puffin, 71 



Heron, 74 



Nightjar, 75 



Silkworm -moth, 76 



Fieldfare, 85 



Brambling, 86 



Hedgehog, 89 



Otter, 94 

 Peacock, 102 

 Osprey, 107 

 Shrike, 108 

 Woodpigeon, 109 

 Whinchat, 109 

 Lapwing, no 

 Nightingale, 1 12 

 Carp, 115 

 Whitethroat, 116 

 Gold-crest, 118 

 Longtailed tit and nest, 119 

 Blue titmouse, 120 

 Sparrow-hawk, 122 

 Stock-dove, 124 

 Great bustard, 136 

 Cuckoo, 139 

 Redwing, 141 

 Woodcock, 149 

 Tortoise, 159 

 Barn-owl, 164 

 Brown-owl, 165 

 Sand-martin, 182 

 Swift, 187 

 Missel-thrush, 194 

 Gipsies, 200 

 Shrew, 206 

 Raven, 234 

 Magpie, 235 



Jay, 235 



Moor-hen, 236 



Coot, 237 



House-cricket, 248 



Mole-cricket, 250 



Squirrel, 264 



Peregrine falcon, 267 



Landrail, 391 



Hen harrier, 393 



Great Northern Diver, 395 



Wryneck, 406 



May-flies, 415 



Convolvulus hawk-moth, 416 



Lime-tree aphis, 421 



Snails and slugs, 424 



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