8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING 

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THE GREEN WOODPECKER . 80 



THE NOCTULE'S TEETH 



THREE FEMALE NOCTULES AND THEIR YOUNG . 84 



THE MALE KESTREL BROODING 



NEWLY HATCHED YOUNG KESTRELS . 



A MEADOW PIPIT FOR THE YOUNG . 



A YOUNG CROW 



A CROW'S STRANGE NEST MATERIALS 



SUSPICION ! 



THE SPARROW-HAWK 



(a) The family line-up for the meal. 



(fc) At a later stage they feed themselves. 

 THE SPARROW-HAWK'S WILD EYE 

 A YOUNG HERON JUST HATCHED 

 A HERON'S NEST . 



WITH HER YELLOW EYE FIXED ON THE O.P. . .120 



HERON FEEDING HER YOUNG . 124 



THE SNIPING POSITION 



(a) The swallow's nest. 



(b) The view through the loophole. 



THE NEST OF THE ST. ELOI GOLDEN ORIOLE . 



ROOKS UNDER FIRE .... 



THE " SCRUFF " OF THE YOUNG STOAT 



FROM THE STOAT'S LARDER 



