LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 



"Ax THE QUIET EVENFALL" . . . To face page 8 



Wood-Pigeons coming in to Roost 



THE RULES OF PRECEDENCE ,,54 



Hooded Crows and Rooks Feeding 



A GRAND DESCENT ..... 8o 



Herons coming down on to Nest 



A STATUESQUE FIGURE . . . . ,,119 



Snipe, with Starlings Bathing, and Peewits 



INDIGNANT ....... 



Starling in possession of Woodpecker s Nesting 

 Hole 



A PRETTY PAIR ...... 



Long-Tailed Tits Building 



CHAPTER HEADPIECES 



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PHEASANT ROOSTING ........ i 



YOUNG NIGHTJARS ........ 21 



ROOKS AT NEST .... 51 



HERON FISHING ......... 72 



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