List of Illustrations 



PXATJC PACIXO PACK 



8. " CANARIES were . . . used in ambulance trains 



to cheer our wounded soldiers with their 

 sweet song " ^ . ,<, . . 48 



9. " The first woman gamekeeper " . > 48 



10. " A wounded soldier . . . feeding the GULLS " 49 



11. " A bird hostel, where soldiers' pet birds were 



received " .. . , .. .. I ... 80 



12. " A landscape of shattered trees and the 



ground so torn up by shells that there 

 scarcely remained a single blade of grass " 81 



13. " To go up the communication trenches is like 



a ramble down a country lane " . 81 



14. " SWALLOWS quietly perched on war-telegraph 



wires " .... . . 112 



15. "A pet MAGPIE . . . found in the German 



trenches" . ' . '' /;:; \ V 'i- 113 



16. " A PIGEON . . . accompanied the guns through 



several fights" .._ . * * . 144 



17. " A STORK . . . acquked the habit of meeting 



our aeroplanes" . * V > 145 



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