8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE GREEN WOODPECKER 80 



THE NOCTULE'S TEETH 84 



THREE FEMALE NOCTULES AND THEIR YOUNG 84 



THE MALE KESTREL BROODING . . . . ... . 88 



NEWLY HATCHED YOUNG KESTRELS 88 



A MEADOW PIPIT FOR THE YOUNG 92 



A YOUNG CROW ... 100 



A CROW'S STRANGE NEST MATERIALS i 100 



SUSPICION !............ 104 



THE SPARROW-HAWK .......... 108 



(a) The family line-up for the meal. 



(b) At a later stage they feed themselves. 



THE SPARROW-HAWK'S WILD EYE 112 



A YOUNG HERON JUST HATCHED . .118 



A HERON'S NEST 118 



WITH HER YELLOW EYE FIXED ON THE O.P 120 



HERON FEEDING HER YOUNG ......... 124 



THE SNIPING POSITION . . . . . . . . . 132 



(a) The swallow's nest. 



(b) The view through the loophole. 



THE NEST OF THE ST. ELOI GOLDEN ORIOLE . . . .' . .134 



ROOKS UNDER FIRE ........... 134 



THE " SCRUFF " OF THE YOUNG STOAT ..... . 140 



FKOM THE STOAT'S LARDER .... 140 



