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Long-Eared Owl's nest ....... 296 



Tawny Owl's nest ........ 296 



Tawny Owl (sleepy) ....... 302 



Tawny Owl (awake) 302 



Ancient nesting" place of Buzzard, in north-west York- 

 shire 326 



Sparrowhawk's nest ....... 342 



Sparrowhawk (female) ....... 342 



Telephoto picture of a Wild Peregrine, taken in north- 

 west Yorkshire. . . . . . . . 358 



Cautley Crag 1 , ancient nesting site of Raven, Peregrine, 



and Buzzard ........ 360 



Peregrine Falcon's eyries, north-west Yorkshire . . 362 



Nest of Merlin, north-west Yorkshire .... 366 



Merlin 366 



Kestrel's nest ........ 370 



Kestrel (female) 370 



