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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Redshank's Nest Concealed in 



Grass Tuft . . .187 



Redshank Walking on to Nest 187 

 Nest Revealed . . . .187 



Redshank Covering Chicks . 189 



Young Redshank . . . 190 



Reed-bunting .... 192 



Reed-bunting .... 193 



Cuckoo ..... 195 

 Sedge- Warblers . . .197 



Male Reed-warbler on Nest . 202 

 Female Reed-warbler holding 

 Food in her bill until her 



Chicks grow Hungry again 203 

 Female Yellow Wagtail going 



to Nest .... 205 

 Male Yellow Wagtail . . 206 

 Blackheaded Gull : Looking 

 for a Nesting Site. Ex- 

 amining the Situation. 

 Bringing Building Mate- 

 rials ..... 208 

 Male Bearded Tit on Nest . 211 

 Grasshopper Warbler on Nest . 213 

 Water Rail coming on to Nest . 215 

 Water Rail on Nest . . .217 

 Reed-covered Boat, with Author 

 Peeping from his place of 

 Concealment . . . 219 

 Young Crested Grebes . . 220 

 Great Crested Grebe on Nest . 221 

 Garganey Teal's Nest and Eggs 222 

 On the Broads .... 223 

 A Welsh Rock Stack . . 224 

 On the Cliffs, Ailsa Craig. . 225 

 Gannet about to Fly . . . 227 

 Gannet on Nest. . . . 229 

 Razorbills .... 230 

 Kitti wakes, Razorbills, and 

 Common Guillemots Breed- 

 ing together . . .231 



Puffins 



Stroking an Eider Duck on her 

 Nest 



Lesser Black-backed Gull . 



Arctic Tern on Nest . 



Cormorants and Common Guil- 

 lemots at home . 



Shag, or Green Cormorant, 

 Guarding Young 



Stone House for Photographing 

 Oyster-catcher . 



Oyster - catcher Approaching 

 her Eggs . 



Oyster-catcher on Nest . 



Ringed Plover on Nest 



Ringed Plover about to Walk 

 on to her Eggs . 



Common Gull coming to Nest . 



Common Gull on Nest 



The Bass Rock . 



Robin Feeding upon Cocoanut 

 placed on Horn of Stuffed 

 Ox for Tits 



Jack Snipe Commencing to 

 Feed ..... 



Wild Ducks on Ice . 



Gulls on the Thames Embank- 

 ment ..... 



Moorhens on Ice 



Rook 



Song Thrush coming to Feed . 



Hungry Sparrows at Breakfast 



Blackbird and Apple. 



Hedge and House Sparrows 



Inspecting, Tasting, Enjoying . 



Another Arrival, and Suspicion 



Confidence .... 



Hazel Nuts split by Great Tits . 



Blue Tit 



A Favourite Ditch for Snipe in 

 Winter 



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