LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Frontispiece Guillemots at the Cliff-foot. 



Sandpiper's Nest Eggs only - - 27 



Oystercatcher's Nest a Suggestion of the Bird's 



Habitat - - 28 



Woodcock's Nest Harmonization and situ - 30 



Young Long-eared Owls (Bred in Captivity) - 46 



Young Curlew Hiding - 49 



Young Curlew on Parade - 49 



Young Sandwich Terns Harmonization - - 50 



Puffins at Home - - 53 



A Grouse on its Nest - 56 



A Hide of Reeds, used for Photographing Spoon- 

 bills - - 68 



A Curlew Stepping Astride of Her Eggs - 80 



A Near Study of a Lapwing - - 84 



A More Distant View of the Same Bird - 84 



Descending a Kit ti wake -haunted Chasm - - 100 



Tawny Owl A Study in Captivity - - 102 



Gannet Sweeping by on Fixed Pinions - 108 



Gannet Coming Round a Corner - 108 



