LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



AUTHOR AND HIS PETS .... Frontispiece 



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1. "THE KEEPER: A STURDY, BRONZED, BEWHISKERED 



FELLOW " . . . . . . .3 



2. CURLEW'S NEST ...... 7 



3. RING OUZEL'S NEST WITH EGGS AND YOUNG . -13 



4. SPARROW-HAWK'S NEST . . . . .21 



5. KESTREL'S EGGS IN VERY ANCIENT NEST OF MAGPIE . 25 



6. CARRION CROW'S NEST ..... 33 



7. A ROOKERY . . . . . . -37 



8. A WELSH WATERFALL : IN THE RAVEX's HAUNT . 43 



9. RAVEN'S NEST . . . . . .47 



10. "FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNO " ... 51 



11. RAVEN'S NEST WITH TWO EGGS . . . -53 



12. DIPPER'S NEST . .... 57 



13. GREY WAGTAIL'S NEST . . . . -59 



14. NEST OF YELLOW WAGTAIL 6l 



15. SANDPIPER'S NEST ON RAILWAY EMBANKMENT . . 65 



16. HERON'S NEST ...... 68 



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