xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



NEST OF THE WATER OUSEL 136 



NESTING SITE OF THE WATER OUSEL 137 



HOME OF THE WATER OUSEL 139 



FEEDING GROUND OF THE WATER OUSEL 141 



NEST OF WATER OUSEL, WITH SPOTTED FLYCATCHER'S NEST AND 



EGG ON THE TOP 143 



KING OUSEL'S NEST AND EGGS 145 



SUMMER HAUNT OF THE RING OUSEL 147 



NEST OF THE BULLFINCH 150 



BULLFINCH BROODING 152 



COCK BULLFINCH FEEDING YOUNG 153 



HEN BULLFINCH FEEDING YOUNG 154 



FULLY FLEDGED YOUNG BULLFINCHES IN NEST 155 



MEADOW PIPIT'S NEST WITH CUCKOO'S EGG 157 



YOUNG CUCKOO DISDAINING THE PHOTOGRAPHER .... 159 



CUCKOO IN MEADOW PIPIT'S NEST A TIGHT SQUEEZE . . . 160 

 FULLY FLEDGED YOUNG CUCKOO RESENTING INTRUSION . . .161 



THE WILLOW WARBLER'S SUMMER HAUNT 165 



WILLOW WARBLER'S NEST IN RABBIT SCRAPING 167 



THE AUTHOR AT THE EYRIE OF THE PEREGRINE FALCON . . .169 

 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE PEREGRINE'S EYRIE, SHOWING EGGS ON 



THE LEDGE 171 



PEREGRINE'S EYRIE AND EGGS, SHOWING BONES OF GROUSE, ETC. . 173 

 POSITION OF EGGS IN PEREGRINE FALCON'S EYRIE AFTER THE HEN 



HAD BEEN SlIOT 175 



"THROUGH THE MIST" . 181 



