CONTENTS 



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THE MIGRATION OP BIRDS ..... 1 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila chnjsaetus) . . .13 



THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (Haliaetus albicilla) . . 20 



THE OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus) . . .25 



THE PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus) . . .26 



THE HOBBY (Falco subbuteo) . . . .31 



THE MERLIN (Falco cesalori) . . . .31 



THE COMMON BUZZARD (Buteo vulgaris) . . 32 



THE HONEY BUZZARD (Pernis apiwrus) . . 32 



THE MARSH HARRIER (Circus ceruginosus) . . 33 



THE HEN HARRIER (Circus cyaneus) . . .33 



THE WOOD OWL (Strix aluco) . . . .35 



THE LONG-EARED OWL (Strix otus) . . 39 



THE SHORT-EARED OWL (Strix brachyotus) . . 39 



THE BED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio) . . .41 



THE NIGHTINGALE (Erithacus luscinia) . . .46 



THE PIED FLYCATCHER (Miiscicapa atricapilla) . 51 



THE REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) . . 52 



THE MARSH WARBLER (Acrocephalus palustris) . 56 



THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER AND DARTFORD WARBLER 



(Locustella locustella and Sylvia provincialis) . . 58 



THE NUTHATCH (Sitta ccesia) . . . .63 



THE MARSH TITMOUSE (Parus palustris) . . .68 



THE CRESTED TITMOUSE (Parus cristatus) . . 70 



THE BEARDED TITMOUSE (Panurus biarmicus) . 71 



