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Nest of Hawfinch 168 



Nests of Goldfinch 170 



Nest of Linnet in gorse bush ..... 184 



Nest of Twite placed amongst heather, north-west 



Yorkshire 184 



Nest of Lesser Redpoll ....... 190 



Nest of Bullfinch in fir tree ...... 194 



Nest of Corn Bunting ....... 202 



Nest of Reed Bunting 202 



Nest of Cirl Bunting, near Harrogate .... 204 



Siberian Meadow Bunting ...... 206 



Raven's nest, north-west Yorkshire .... 234 



Cronkley Scar, Upper Teesdale. Nesting site of Raven 



and Peregrine ....... 236 



Young Raven after its first flight from nest, north- 

 west Yorkshire ....... 238 



Nest of Carrion Crow (exterior), north-west Yorkshire. 240 



Nest of Carrion Crow (interior), north-west Yorkshire . 242 



Nest of Rook ........ 250 



An Ancient Domicile. Rooks' nests near Pannal . . 252 



Skylark's nest . . 256 



Skylark feeding young ....... 256 



Nest and eggs of Nightjar ...... 266 



Young Nightjar, found near York .... 266 



Home of Green Woodpecker 272 



Green Woodpecker at nesting hole . . . . 274 



Young Green Woodpeckers ...... 274 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker taking food to its young . 276 



Kingfisher . . . . . . , . 280 



Brood of young Kingfishers 280 



Young Cuckoo in nest of Pied Wagtail, Sutton-on- 



Forest, York 286 



Young Cuckoo in Pied Wagtail's nest, near Harrogate. 288 

 Young Cuckoo from Yellow Wagtail's nest, near 



Harrogate 288 



Barn Owl's nest in old oak tree 294 



