LIST OF PLATES 



IMi: STONECHAT (colour) .... Frontispiece 



FACING PAOK 



COMMON GUILLEMOTS 2 



THE FOX . . 4 



YOl'NG SONG THRUSHES . .... .6 



THE SQUIRREL (colour) . . . ... 8 



FEMALE SPAKROW HAWK AND YOUNG 10 



HEDGE-SPARROW ON NEST . ... .12 



BULLFINCH ON NEST . 14 



MALE RED-BACKED SHRIKE (colour) . . Ifi 



THE MOLE . 18 



GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL AT HOME 20 



LESSER WHITETHROAT AT NEST 22 



CORMORANTS (colour) ... 24 



A HEDGEHOG FAMILY . 20 



NESTLING MERLINS 28 



LAPWING ON EGGS . 30 



THE NATTERJACK TOAD (colour) . 32 



WRYNECK AT NESTING-HOLE . .34 



LESSER TERN . . .... . 3i; 



PTARMIGAN ON NEST . . . .38 



YOUNG HOODY CROWS (colour) . . 40 



SNIPES COVERING YOfNG . 42 



THE COMMON TROUT . . . . 41 



BLACK-HEADED GfLL ... 40 



THE SHORT-EARED OWL (colour) .... . .48 



OYSTER-CATCHER AT HOME .50 



MICE AT SUPPER . ... 52 



THE MARSH WARBLER . ... 54 



THE BROWN RAT (colour) . . 56 



COMMON DOTTEREL ON NEST .58 



COMMON TERN ON NEST . ... . 60 



TREE PIPIT FEEDING A YOUNG CUCKOO 62 



