LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



RED GROUSE ON NEST . . (Photogravure) Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



NIGHTINGALE ON NEST ...... 2 



YOUNG WOODLARKS IN NEST ..... 3 



FLEDGELING WOODLARKS ...... 3 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER ON NEST .... 4 



SEDGE WARBLER ON NEST ..... 5 



SKYLARK WITH HER YOUNG FAMILY ... 6 



PEEWIT OR LAPWING ON NEST .... 7 



SNIPE ON NEST ....... 8 



SNIPE'S NEST WITH NEWLY-HATCHED YOUNG . . 8 

 NIGHTJAR ON EGGS ....... 9 



YOUNG BROWN OWL . . . . . .10 



REDWING AT NEST ....... 11 



HEDGEHOG AND YOUNG . . . . . .14 



TREE PIPIT AT NEST . . . . . .15 



FLEDGELING TREE PIPITS . . . . .15 



YOUNG GOLDEN EAGLE 28 



YOUNG COMMON BUZZARD ..... 29 



SPARROW-HAWK AND HER CHICKS .... 34 



MERLIN AND YOUNG ...... 35 



YOUNG KESTRELS . . . . . . .38 



NEST OF MONTAGU'S HARRIER ..... 39 



FEMALE RING OUZEL AT NEST .... 42 



SHORT-EARED OWL ....... 43 



LITTLE OWL ........ 46 



YOUNG RABBITS ....... 47 



OLD JAYS AT NEST . . . . . . 52 



YOUNG JAYS . . . . . . - , 52 



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