CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Preface - - vii. 



CHAP. 



I. Dartford Warblers 1 



II. The Pied Flycatcher 21 



III. Sussex Crossbills 31 



IV. Cirl Buntings in Sussex - 50 



V. Choughs 74 



VI. Ravens 89 



VII. Concerning the Wood-Lark - 109 



VIII. The " Woodcock "Owl - ^ - 120 



IX. Hen-Harriers - 135 



X. The Once-Common Buzzard - 154 



XI. In the Highland Haunts of Eagles 175 



XII. Irish Golden Eagles - - 187 



XIII. The Once-Common Red Kite - 196 



XIV. Peregrine Falcons - 214 



XV. The Habits of the Hobby - - 252 



XVI. The Merlin on the Moors - - 268 



XVII. The Haunts of the Gadwall - 286 



XVIII. The Habits of the Black Guillemot 296 



