List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGH 



GREAT SKUA ON NEST ' ^ - ' "* 53 



ARCTIC SKUA BY HER NEST . v '">' 53 



SLOW-WORMS * . > .. '!.'.'. . . . 66 



ADDER ..-'. . . . . . . 66 



ROBIN'S NEST IN A NOSEBAG . . . - 67 



GRASS SNAKE ...... , 80 



GRASS SNAKE FEIGNING DEATH . .80 



WATER RAT . 81 



COMMON BROWN RAT . V v . v } * * 81 



HOME OF THE DIPPER AND GREY WAGTAIL . 90 



COMMON SANDPIPER ON ITS NEST , *.. . . 91 



MALE YELLOW WAGTAIL ON NEST . . 94 



FLEDGELING YELLOW WAGTAILS . . ,. . . 94 



MEADOW PIPIT AT NEST . . ^ * . . 95 



AT THE FOOT OF THE FELLS . . . .* " - > 95 



PARTRIDGE'S NEST . . . . - ... 98 



PARTRIDGE ON NEST . . . . . 98 



DIPPER WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG . . . " " . 99 



MOLE EATING A LARGE WORM . . . . .104 



SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE . . . y . 104 



DUNLIN APPROACHING HER NEST . . . 105 



DUNLIN ON NEST . . . ... . 105 



CURLEW ON NEST . . . . . # 108 



CURLEW WALKING AWAY FROM HER NEST . . 108 



OYSTER CATCHER ON HER NEST , . . .109 



SANDHILLS, CUMBERLAND . . . . * . , 109 



YOUNG BLACK-HEADED GULL . . . . 110 



BLACK-HEADED GULL AT NEST . . ,110 



COMMON TERN ON NEST * . . , .; , 111 



LESSER TERN ON NEST . . \ . * . . Ill 



SANDWICH TERN AT NEST . v . . . 112 



WILLOW WREN AT NEST . . . . , 113 



FLEDGELING WILLOW WRENS . . . , ; 113 



LONG-TAILED TIT AT NEST , . . 116 



COMMON WHITETHROAT FEEDING HER CHICKS . . 117 



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