LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



QUADRUPEDS. 



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The Water- Vole .... i 

 Heads of Water-Vole and Rat 3 



The Otter 6 



The Weasel 10 



The Stoat 



The Shrew-Mouse . 

 The Water-Shrew . . 

 Head of the Great Bat 



PAGB 

 13 

 14 



16 



20 



BIRDS. 



The Kingfisher 23 



The Sedge-Warbler ... 26 



The Reed-Warbler .... 28 



The Reed-Sparrow .... 29 



The Bearded Titmouse . . 30 



The Moor-Hen 31 



The Coot 34 



The Water-Rail 37 



The Water-Ouzel .... 38 



The Little Grebe. Dabchick 44 



The Mallard 47 



Heads of the Mute Swan 



and the Wild Swan . . 51 



Head of Merganser . . . 53 



The Teal 55 



The Lapwing 56 



The Snipe 59 



The Heron 61 



Head of Bittern 64 



The Common Sandpiper . . 65 

 The Water- Wagtail ... 67 

 Heads of Pied, White, Yel- 

 low, and Grey W T agtail . 68 



Nest of Reed- Warbler ... 69 



The Swift 71 



The Swallow 73 



The Martin 77 



The Skylark 81 



The Tree Pipit 84 



The Meadow Pipit .... 84 



The Starling 85 



The Cuckoo 87 



The Song-Thrush .... 93 



The Blackbird 95 



The Nightingale 97 



The Willow- Warbler . . .100 

 The White- Throat . . . . 101 



The Wren 103 



The Redbreast 105 



The Black-Cap . . . . .109 



The Wheat-Ear 1 1 1 



The Redstart 113 



The Hedge- Sparrow . . .115 



The Whinchat 1 16 



The Goldfinch 118 



The Chaffinch 119 



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