List of I I lustrations xix 



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Woodcock . . . . . . . -322 



Sparrow-hawk. . . . . . . -325 



Field-crickets . . . . . . . -337 



House-cricket . . . . . . . .341 



Mole-cricket . . . . . . . -344 



Black-winged Stilt 347 



The Shell of White's Tortoise 351 



Now in the Natural History Alusewn at South Kensington. 

 Wood-pigeon . . . . . . . -361 



Landrail or Corncrake . . . . . . 365 



Nuthatch ........ 368 



Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . 371 



Hen-harrier . . . . . . . -375 



White's Thrush 379 



This thrush seems first to have been noticed in Hampshire, 

 in 1828, and for that reason icas named White's Thrush 

 by Eyton. It is fust mentioned by him in his work "A 

 History of the Rarer British Birds." 



Great Northern Diver ...... 390 



Hybrid Bird ........ 399 



