LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



THE AUTHOR ....... Frontispiece 



BURNET ROSE ix 



DORMOUSE AND NEST 1 



1. BIRCH IN WINTER ........ 3 



2. DRAGON-FLY ON WING ....... 7 



3. PRIMROSES . . . . . . . . . . 9 



4. PERCH 10 



5. THE STREAM IN SPRING . . . . . . . 12 



6. SONG THRUSH 14 



7. SKYLARK 16 



8. THE MERE IN SPRING . . . . . . . .21 



9. ST ALBANS ABBEY FROM THE SITE OF VERULAM ... 24 



10. ST ALBANS GRAMMAR SCHOOL . . . . . . 27 



11. WHITE CAMPION ......... 33 



12. NATURE'S MIRROR ........ 36 



13. WILD GUELDER ROSE 42 



14. WHITE DEAD NETTLE . . . . 45 



15. " DAISIES ARE DAISIES " . . . . . . 46 



16. MEADOW PIPIT AND YOUNG CUCKOO 49 



17. HIDDEN DEPTHS 51 



18. GREAT TIT AT NESTING Box 52 



19. NEST AND EGGS OF MOORHEN ...... 55 



20. YOUNG FLYCATCHERS 57 



21. LAPWING IN FLIGHT 58 



22. GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER ...... 59 



23. WOODPECKER ON BOY'S HEAD ...... 60 



24. WATER RAIL 61 



25. KESTREL SCOLDING SPARROWS ...... 62 



26. COMMON REDSTART ... 63 



