LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



STORM PETREL AND NEWLY-HATCHED YOUNG . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



GREENSHANK SETTLING DOWN ON HER EGGS ... 4 



GREENSHANK BESIDE HER EGGS AND SLIGHTLY SUSPICIOUS 4 



YOUNG GREENSHANK : " ABOUT TO EXPLORE THE WORLD " 5 



THE TAIL OF THE STORM . , ; . . ,'",.....*', . . 5 



PUFFINS AT THEIR MEETING GROUND ;.... 24 



A SHAG WITH HER FULL-GROWN YOUNG .... 25 



GOLDEN PLOVER : A CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO HER NEST . 25 



GOLDEN PLOVER : ON THE ALERT . * . . . 28 



GOLDEN PLOVER: PANTING IN THE HEAT -..*- v . 28 



A DEER FOREST IN JUNE ; y v :*:- > ;. *> . 29 

 THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE CAIRNGORMS UNDER SNOW 



IN JUNE . * . . V !. 2 9 



YOUNG MERLINS . . ;". * : ; '.. '-"*' . 34 



YOUNG MERLINS : FEATHERS JUST BEGINNING TO SHOW . 35 



THE INFANT DEE FALLING OVER THE SOUTH PRECIPICE OF 



BRAERIACH AT A HEIGHT OF 4,000 FT. * . .48 



KITTIWAKES : ATTENTIVE SITTERS . . . . . 49 



A HILL BURN OF THE BEN MACDHUI PLATEAU HALF UNDER 



SNOW . . . . . " > ,; . . 56 



GARBH CHOIRE MHOR . . v * . . 56 



EARLY JUNE AT THE HILL-TOP: SGOR AN LOCHAN UAINE. 57 



STORM PETREL : THE PARENT BIRDS AT THE ENTRANCE TO 



THEIR BURROW 72 



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