LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE . . Frontispiece 



LONG-EARED BATS ASLEEP .... To face page 6 



LONG-EARED BATS AWAKE .... 6 



PlPISTRELLE ABOUT TO TAKE FLIGHT . ,,6 



THIRTEEN LONG-EARED BATS . . . 16 



BANK VOLES 'STOLEN GOODS' ... ,,36 



BANK VOLES ' ON THE ALERT ' ,,36 



YOUNG SONG THRUSH ' WAITING ' ,,54 

 YOUNG SONG THRUSH ' Is THAT MOTHER 



COMING?' ,,54 



BLACKBIRD ON HER NEST .... ,,64 



THE PIGMY OR LESSER SHREW ... ,,84 



THE WATER SHREW 84 



A TOAD CLIMBING 100 



THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE (2 PHOTOGRAPHS) 128 



THE MOLE (2 PHOTOGRAPHS) . . . ,,144 



' WHISKERS' AND OLD Puss ... 174 



AN OLD ENGLISH BLACK RAT BUSY EATING 186 



A COMMON BROWN RAT WITH A HEN'S EGG 186 

 THE GREAT TIT CARRYING HOME FOOD FOR 



ITS YOUNG ...... 210 



A HEDGEHOG FAMILY THE MOTHER ROLLED UP 234 

 A HEDGEHOG FAMILY THE OLD HEDGEHOG 



UNROLLS 234 



THE HARMLESS GRASS SNAKE . . 244 



THE INNOCENT BLINDWORM .... 244 

 THE MEADOW VOLE OR SHORT-TAILED FIELD 



MOUSE (3 PHOTOGRAPHS) ... 264 



