LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PART I. BIRDS 



BEARDED TITMICE NEST AND EGGS . . . Frontispiece 



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GATHERING SEA-BIRDS' EGGS (YORKSHIRE) .... I 



EGG-GATHERERS 2 



BLACKBIRD'S NEST AND EGGS IN A CLIFF (YORKSHIRE). . n 



RING-OUZEL'S NEST 12 



COMMON WHEATEAR'S NEST AND EGGS 1 6 



MUD COTTAGE (NORFOLK) 24 



NIGHTINGALE'S NEST AND EGGS 26 



REED-WARBLER'S NEST IN A BLACK-CURRANT BUSH (NOR- 

 FOLK) 41 



REED-WARBLER'S NEST AND EGGS 43 



YOUNG GRASSHOPPER- WARBLERS AND NEST . . . 52 



GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER'S NEST AND EGGS 53 



REED-PHEASANTS AND NEST 60 



THE HAUNT OF THE WAGTAIL 76 



SAND-MARTINS AND BURROWS 91 



CHAFFINCH'S NEST AND EGGS 108 



LESSER REDPOLL'S NEST AND EGGS 118 



YELLOW-HAMMERS 125 



REED-BUNTING'S NEST AND EGGS 128 



JACKDAW'S NEST (DEVONSHIRE) 135 



A ROOKERY IN SPRING 146 



NIGHT-JARS (full-page illustration'} . . . To face page 153 



YOUNG KINGFISHERS l6o 



THE MARSH OWL (full-page illustration] . . To face page 169 



THE MARSH HARRIER (full-page illustration] . 173 



