LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



A RAZORBILL GREETING THE MORNING SUN . Frontispiece 



FACING PACE 



EARLY MORNING MISTS FROM THE TOP OF BEN NEVIS . ~ 4 



THE MISTS ROLLING UP THE GLEN OF ALLT A'MHUILINN . 5 



LOOKING WEST FROM THE TOP OF BEN NEVIS . . 6 

 ON BEN NEVIS : THE SUN DISPELLING THE MIST FROM THE 



NEIGHBOURING TOPS . . . . . . 7 



YOUNG GOLDEN EAGLE DEFIANT . , . . 8 



ANOTHER STUDY : FEATHERS OF THE HEAD RAISED IN ANGER 8 



GOLDEN EAGLE : " READY FOR THE WORST " . . * 9 

 GREY SEAL ABOUT Two WEEKS OLD TAKING REFUGE IN A 



STAGNANT POOL 16 



YOUNG GREY SEAL . . . . . . . .17 



YOUNG GREY SEAL, PERHAPS Two WEEKS OLD . . 20 

 GREY SEALS ABOUT Six WEEKS OLD : SHOWING THE 



VARIATION IN COLOURING ...... 20 



A COLONY OF GUILLEMOTS . . . . . .21 



ARCTIC SKUA APPROACHING HER EGGS . . .-. . 28 



ARCTIC SKUA ON HER NEST . . . . ; . 28 



ARCTIC SKUA ON THE NEST CALLING TO ITS MATE . . 29 



MARCH SNOWS IN THE FOREST . . i . . 32 



STAGS IN THE BIG GLEN AT EVENING . . \ . . 33 



A FINE HILL STAG . . . . ...". . 36 



IN THE HEART OF THE HILL COUNTRY . . . -37 



LOOKING WESTWARD ACROSS THE FOREST * r . 37 



EARLY MORNING IN THE PTARMIGAN COUNTRY . ? . 42 



PTARMIGAN CHICK ABOUT A WEEK OLD . . v . 42 



"THE HIGH TOPS" IN JUNE . . . . .; . 43 



STALKING : EXAMINING THE HILL FOR A LIKELY STAG . 64 



STALKING : A DOUBTFUL GLANCE AT THE SKIES . 65 



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