ILLUSTRATIONS 



A BADGER ROOTING IN THE MUD AT THE SIDE OF A POND . 



Frontispiece 



PACING PAGE 



BADGER CUBS SCRAPING MOSS OFF A TREE . . . . 2O 



THE BADGER CUBS PLOT MISCHIEF 26 



DIANA SNIFFING ABOUT FOR GRUBS AND INSECTS ... 26 



YOUNG GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (FIGS. I AND 2) . 50 



DORMOUSE CLIMBING 58 



DORMOUSE ON THE GROUND 58 



ADULT DORMOUSE CLINGING TO A TWIG 66 



FOUR YOUNG DORMICE 66 



DORMOUSE AWAKE .. 72 



DORMOUSE ASLEEP 72 



WAITING: THE HEN BULLFINCH HAS SETTLED DOWN TO 



WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL HER MATE RETURNS ... 86 



THE RETURN. THE MALE BULLFINCH AT LAST ARRIVES . . 86 



A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE THE BRITISH FOX .... IO2 



A YOUNG FOX 112 



THE CUB AT FOUR DAYS OLD I2O 



TOBY AT FOURTEEN DAYS OLD I2O 



TOBY AT SIX WEEKS OLD 124 



TOBY AGED SEVEN WEEKS 124 



