x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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A flight of Grouse 518 



Nest of Red Grouse . . . . . . .518 



Pheasant's nest with twelve eggs in spruce fir, 22 feet 



from ground, near Harrogate, 1906 . . . 524 



Partridge's nest 526 



Nest of Red-Legged Partridge, near Filey . . . 530 



Nest of Land-Rail in the Nidd Valley .... 534 



Nest of Water-Rail in the Nidd Valley .... 534 



Ivy-covered tree in which a Waterhen has had her nest 



for many years ....... 542 



Waterhen going on to its nest ..... 544 



Coot's nest with flags interlaced as a bower, Hornsea 



Mere 546 



Macqueen's Bustard, the first of the two Yorkshire 



examples. Shot at Marske-by-the-Sea . . * 560 



Stone Curlew on nest, near Pickering .... 562 



Stone Curlew's nest ....... 562 



Stone Curlew's nest from a Wold plantation, under a 



small spruce fir with spreading branches . . 564 



Nest of Ringed Plover on edge of sand-hills, Redcar . 572 



Nest of Ringed Plover on slag-heap at Teesmouth . 572 



Nest of Ringed Plover, Spurn 574 



Nest of Ringed Plover amongst plants of "sentry," 



Teesmouth ......... 574 



Nest of Golden Plover, north-west Yorkshire . .. 578 



Nest and Eggs of Lapwing, Towthorpe, York . . 584 



A Teesmouth Shore Scene * 586 



The first known British example of the Grey Phalarope, 

 shot near Halifax. Described and figured by 



George Edwards in Feb., 1757 .... 590 



Woodcock on nest ....... 594 



Nest of Woodcock, near Selby ...... 596 



Nest of Common Snipe ...... 604 



Heads and bills of the large and small races of Dunlin. 

 The latter is sometimes called the " Drain Dunlin " 



in East Yorkshire ........ 606 



Nest of Dunlin, north-west Yorkshire . . , 608 



Nest of Dunlin, Teesmouth ...... 608 



