XVI 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Head of the Yellow-Ham- 



mer 122 



The Wryneck 123 



The Green Woodpecker . 125 

 Diagram to show the Tongue 



of the Woodpecker . . 126 

 The Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker 128 



The Marsh Titmouse . . 129 

 The Coal Titmouse . . . 131 

 The Long-Tailed Titmouse 132 

 The Ox-Eye or Great Tit- 

 mouse 133 



The Blue Titmouse . . . 134 



The Rook 137 



Heads of Rook and Carrion 



Crow . 146 



The Jackdaw 147 



Head of the Wood-Pigeon . 149 



The Dotterel 150 



The Curlew 152 



Head of the Sparrow-Hawk 153 



The Kestrel Hawk . . . 155 



Head of the Barn-Owl . . 159 



Head of the Tawny Owl . 160 



The Nightjar 162 



Head and Foot of the 



Nightjar 164 



REPTILES. 



The Lizards 167 



Head of the Slow- Worm . 169 



Common Viper or Adder . 170 



Ringed or Common Snake. 170 



The Frog 172 



The Toad 174 



The Newts 176 



FISHES. 



The Perch 194 



'J he Pope or Ruffe . . . 197 



The Basse 199 



The Miller's Thumb ... 200 

 The Three-spined Stickle- 

 back 201 



The Ten-spined Stickleback 202 



The Carp 206 



The Barbel 209 



The Gudgeon . . . . . 211 



The Loach 214 



The Tench 215 



The Crucian Carp . . . 219 



The Bream 220 



The Roach 222 



The Chub 223 



The Dace 226 



The Bleak 227 



The Minnow 228 



The Twaite Shad .... 230 



The Salmon ...... 235 



(i) Salmon, (2) Sea-Trout, 



and (3) Trout Parr . . 238 

 A Forty-pounder Salmon 



" showing himself " . . 253 



The Sea-Trout 258 



The River-Trout .... 262 



The Grayling 271 



The Char 275 



The Pike 280 



The Eel 287 



The Caudal Heart of the 



Eel 290 



The Lamprey 291 



