List of Illustrations xvii 



List of Illustrations of Birds, &c. 



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Fossil Shell, Ostroea Carinata 12 



Blackcock . . . . . . . .27 



Fly-catcher . . ...".. . . . -45 



Water Vole 46 



Hoopoe ......... 49 



Hawfinch . . . . . . . 51 



Long-eared Bat . . . . . . -52 



Harvest Mice and Nest . . . . . -53 



German Silk-tail or Wax-wing . . . . -55 



Hen Chaffinch . . . . . . -59 



Wheatear . . . . . . 62 



Bullfinch 66 



Chiffchaff . .68 



Stone-curlew . . . . . . . .69 



Willow-wren . . . . . . . 71 



Grasshopper-warbler . . . . . 72 



Golden-crested Wren . . . . . -73 



Common Snake ....... 78 



Wood-wren ........ 84 



Ring-ousel . . . . . 86 



Jackdaw ......... 89 



Heron . . . . . . . . ' . 94 



Sedge- warbler . . . . . . . -99 



Whitethroat . . . . . . . . 104 



Fieldfare ........ 106 



Snow-bunting . . . . . . . .107 



Hedgehog in 



