LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Storm Petrel and Newly-hatched Young . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Greenshank Settling down on her Eggs ... 4 



Greenshank beside her Eggs and Slightly Suspicious 4 



Young Greenshank : " About to Explore the World " 5 



The Tail of the Storm 5 



Puffins at their Meeting Ground .... 24 



A Shag with her Full-grown Young .... 25 



Golden Plover : A Cautious Approach to her Nest . 25 



Golden Plover : On the Alert 28 



Golden Plover : Panting in the Heat ... 28 



A Deer Forest in June . . . . - . .29 



The Northern Slopes of the Cairngorms under Snow 



IN June 29 



Young Merlins 34 



Young Merlins : Feathers Just beginning to Show . 35 



The Infant Dee falling over the South Precipice of 



Braeriach at a Height of 4,000 ft. . . .48 



KiTTiwAKES : Attentive Sitters 49 



A Hill Burn of the Ben MacDhui Plateau half under 



Snow 56 



Garbh Choire Mhor 56 



Early June at the Hill-top : Sgor an Lochan Uaine. 57 



Storm Petrel : The Parent Birds at the Entrance to 



THEIR Burrow 72 



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