LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE SKIPPER OF THE " MOORHEN" . . . Frontispiece 



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NORFOLK WATERWAYS IN ROMAN TIMES . . . 3 



BREYDON TO-DAY . . . . . . 9 



COMPANIONS IN ADVERSITY. TUFTED DUCK AND SMEW . . 27 



"TIME! GENTLEMEN!" RUFFS FIGHTING . . 30 



DRIVEN SOUTH. REDWINGS MIGRATING . . 34 



'MiD SNOW AND ICE. GOOSANDERS AND POCHARDS . 41 



ON EVIL DAYS. COOTS ON BREYDON . . . . . 45 



WHITE-FRONTED GEESE . . . . . . . 50 



" FORTY W T INKS !" AVOCETS . . . . 53 



DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. BLACK AND WHITE STORKS AND SPOON- 

 BILL . . . . . . . 59 



DUNLINS . . . . . . . . . 68 



ON THE ALERT. WHIMBREL . . . . 74 



A BREYDON GUN-PUNT . . . . . . . 81 



UNCOMFORTABLE QUARTERS. CORMORANTS ON BREYDON . . 83 



THE OSPREY . . . . . . 87 



EXPECTATION. TURNSTONES AND RINGED PLOVER . . . 90 



PEREGRINE FALCON . . . . . . 99 



SPOONBILLS . ..... 102 



"TWELFTH OF MAY GODWIT-DAY." BAR-TAILED GODWITS . . 107 



ON STRANGE GROUND. PALLAS' SAND-GROUSE . . . . 115 



"WHAT'S BEEN HERE?" COMMON TERNS . . . . 129 



DINNER-TIME. HERONS ....... 136 



THE SERENADERS. REED-WARBLERS ..... 142 



FAMILY CARES. LITTLE TERNS . . . . . . 151 



CURLEWS AND DUNLINS . . . . . . . 160 



HALCYON DAYS. KINGFISHERS . . . J 74 



A RARE VISITOR. SABINE'S GULL . . . . . 188 



