LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



I. A HAUNT OF OTTERS : MICHELHAM PRIORY Frontispiece 



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II. PEVENSEY MARSHES . ... 6 



III. THE END OF THE MARSH . . . . 12 



IV. AN OLD DECOY . . ... 19 

 V. YOUNG HERON FISHING. HERON : ADULT PLUMAGE 48 



VI. RUFF : BREEDING PLUMAGE. RUFF : WINTER PLUM- 

 AGE . . . ... 56 



VII. WOODCOCK-SHOOTINGOLD STYLE . . . 72 



VIII. FOX-HUNTING IN THE DOWNS . 80 



IX. HARE-HUNTING ON FOOT A CHECK . . . 92 



X. GREAT BUSTARD . . . . . 112 



XI. OLD-TIME FOX-HUNTING AN EARTH-STOPPER . 128 



XII. PRAWNING . . . ... 146 



XIII. REDSHANK NESTING: IRELAND. NEST OF RED- 



SHANK : IRELAND . . . . 156 



XIV. NEST OF SANDPIPER . . . 162 

 XV. CORMORANT . . . 168 



XVI. THE KESTREL'S NEST . . . 198 



XVII. DEATH OF THE STAG . . . . 216 



IVIII. A SUSSEX SHEEP- WASHING . ... 222 



:iX. THE CROWHURST OTTER HOUNDS : MICHELHAM 



PRIORY . . ... 250 



XX. OTTER-HUNTING AN ANXIOUS MOMENT . . 252 



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