LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE RABBIT'S CONTRIBUTION (see p. 144) .... Frontispiece 



A BATTLE IN THE TREE-TOPS 16 



THE ROOK 16 



STUDIES IN FLIGHT .20 



(a) A rook " banking." 



(b) " The throw-up " of the kestrel. 



THE ROOK WITH HER CLAMOURING FAMILY . . . . . .24 



THE YOUNG BUZZARDS 28 



THE BUZZARD SEIZING HIS PREY '. . 28 



THE MALE BUZZARD .......... 32 



THE MERLIN WITH TAIL OUTSPREAD ........ 36 



THE MERLIN PURSUING HER QUARRY. . . . . . . .40 



ON THE PLUCKING STONE. ......... 40 



THE LONG-EARED OWL .......... 46 



(a) Suspicious. 



(b) Thoroughly alarmed. 



A LONG-EARED OWL AND HER SINGLE YOUNGSTER .... 48 



YOUNG LONG-EARS ALARMED 48 



A RED SQUIRREL 50 



THE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER 52 



THE GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER 56 



(a) On the wing. 



(b) Climbing. 



STUDIES OF THE YOUNG HOBBIES ........ 64 



THE LITTLE OWL ........... 68 



(a) Mature. 



(6) Immature. 



ALL CLEAR ?............ 72 



YOUNG TAWNY OWLS IN A DISUSED MAGPIE'S NEST 74 



A TAWNY LEAVING HER NESTING HOLE 74 



A YOUNG TAWNY 76 



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