LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



RAVEN. From a drawing by G. E. Lodge . . Frontispiece 



BARN OWLS (from a drawing by G. E. Lodge). 



BROWN OR TAWNY OWL .... Face page 12 



CHERUBIM SHOOTING. From a print in " Sporting 



Anecdotes? 1804 . . . . . 22 



EAGLE OWL. From a drawing by G. E. Lodge . 40 



BADBURY RINGS. From a drawing by Josephine 



Blundell . . . . . .,,142 



RAVEN TARN. From a sketch by Lorna Bosworth 



Smith . . . . ,, 150 



YOUNG RAVENS . . . . . i 54 



STAFFORD RECTORY. Photo by IV. Pouncy, Dorchester 186 



STAFFORD RECTORY. Photo by W. Pouncy, Dorchester 216 



MAGPIE. From a drawing by G. E. Lodge . . 282 



CLYFFE CLUMP. From a drawing by Fanny 



Kindersley ..,... 296 



THE HERON. From a photo by Mr Bushby . . 320 



THE GATEHOUSE, BINGHAM'S MELCOMBE * . 338 



BINGHAM'S MELCOMBE . . . . . 342 



THE OLD GARDEN WALLS, BINGHAM'S MELCOMBE 344 



THE GREEN WOODPECKER. From a drawing by G. 



E. Lodge . . . . . 408 



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