LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



REED-WARBLER AND HER YOUNG 126 



REED-WARBLERS AT THEIR NEST . . . 128 



THE REED-WARBLER ..... 128 



THE GREAT-CRESTED GREBE . . . . 132 



AT REST ON HER EGGS. . . . .132 



THE DIPPER ...... 148 



WILLOW WRENS AT THEIR NEST . . . 154 



WILLOW WRENS AT THEIR NEST . . . 156 



LINNETS AT THEIR NEST . . . . 158 



THE WHITETHROAT . . . . .162 



THE AUTHOR GOING OVER THE EDGE . . . 170 



THE AUTHOR NEGOTIATING AN OVERHANGING LEDGE . 174 



