LIST OF 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Robin (Drawn i8th Century) . 



Robin (Drawn igth Century) . 



Robin (Photographed 2oth Cen- 

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Missel Thrush Contented, 

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Sunset on the Sea 



Young Long-tailed Tit 



Shouldering the Imitation Ox . 



Mounted on the Imitation Ox . 



The Stuffed Ox in Operation . 



Skylark bringing Food to her 

 Young . . 



Song Thrush Substance, 

 Shadow, and Reflection 



Wood Pigeon .... 



Turtle-dove .... 



Stuffed Sheep .... 



Sandpiper on Nest . 



"Wheatears (Male passing over 

 Food to Female to take 

 to Young) .... 



Young Wheatears 



Artificial Rock .... 



Dippers (Male passing Food to 

 Female) .... 



Curlew Sitting with half- 

 closed Eyes 



Curlew Walking on to her 

 Nest 



Curlew about to sit down on 

 Eggs . . 



Hiding Tent Covered with 

 Heather .... 



Merlin on Nest . 



Sod House for Photographing 

 Golden Plover . 



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Male Golden Plover Covering 

 Chicks .... 



Female Golden Plover and 

 Chicks .... 



Young Golden Plover 



Photographing in a Cart-shed . 



Female Blackbird watching 

 her Chicks settle down 

 into Cavity of Nest after 

 being Fed .... 



Author Hidden under Wooden 

 Mask .... 



Author with Wooden Mask Off 



Grasshopper Warbler about to 

 sit down on Dummy 

 Eggs 



View on the Avon 



Photographing a Flying Bird 

 with a Gun Camera . 



Song Thrush's Nest without 

 Mud Lining 



Ring Ouzel and Young Ones in 

 a Nest on the Ground. 



Eggs of English and French 

 Partridges in the Same 

 Nest 



French Partridge's Nest Under 

 a Plant-pot 



French Partridge Sitting on 

 Nest Under Plant-pot 



Some Nests in Curious Places . 



Gull's Nest on Stone in Loch . 



Lesser Black-backed Gulls 



Thrush Holding Food till her 

 Chicks Grow Hungry 

 Again. .... 



Male Song Thrush Bringing 

 Food . 



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