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WHITE OWL ..... . I?2 



SECONDARY FEATHERS FROM CUCKOO'S WING . 1 72 



WATER HEN'S NEST . ... 1 86 



SANDPIPER'S NEST ON A RAILWAY BANK . . .186 



CROW'S NEST IN MOUNTAIN ASH .. .196 



A KEEPER'S VICTIM . .196 



RAVEN . . . , 214 



YOUNG CUCKOO . . i . - '. . . J .214 



" THE BRIDGE THAT WAS " . . 228 



A FARMER'S FRIEND (BUZZARD) x * ... . .228 



WREN ... .238 



RUSH CANDLE . ..... .238 



MAY-FLY AT REST ON THE GRASS ... . 248 



PEEWITS A FEW HOURS OLD . . . 248 



LESSER SHREW .... .258 



COMMON SHREW ..... 258 



CURLEW'S NEST ... . . 270 



CURLEWS JUST HATCHING . . .... . 270 



FLEDGLING RING OUZEL . . . . 290 



MARSH TIT . . "i ' . . . 290 



NOCTULE WALKING ... . 3 l6 



DAUBENTON'S BAT . . .,. . . ..." . 316 



BANK VOLE . . . . . . , 326 



A WINTER STOAT ... . 326 



A DEAD MARTEN . ... . . 33 8 



POLECAT . . . . . . . 338 



LAVA AND SLATE ROCKS (iN SNOW) . -35 



SPARROW HAWK'S NEST . . . . . . . 350 



NIGHTJAR . . . . . ... . . 360 



WILLOW WREN BUILDING NEST . . , % . . . 360 



POCHARD DRAKE . . . . . . . . 376 



THE MILLER'S CALON FACH (DIPPER) . , . , . . 376 



POLE TRAP SET . .-, . : .. . . ,. ; . 386 



A FUNGUS FREAK . . . . . . . 386 



A KEEPER'S RAIL . . . , , . t . 394 



PEREGRINE FALCON'S NEST . . ,; . .-. . . -394 



