CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface i 



Chapter I. Useful or Harmful 7 



Chapter II. The Structure of the Bird - 15 



Chapter III. Workers on the Ground 25 



Barn or White Owl, Tawny or Wood Owl, Long- 

 eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Little Owl, the 

 Rook, Hooded Crow, Carrion Crow, Raven, 

 Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, Quail, Black-headed Gull, 

 Starling, Rose Starling, Waxwing. 



Chapter IV. In the Air and on the Trees 105 



Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swift, 

 Nightjar or Fern Owl, Green Woodpecker, 

 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted 

 Woodpecker, Tree-Creeper, Nuthatch, Crossbill. 



Chapter V. The Farmer's Summer Friends - 139 



Wryneck, Cuckoo, Hoopoe, Great Grey Shrike, 

 Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser 

 Whitethroat, Blackcap, Nightingale, Redstart, 

 Tree-Pipit, Wagtails, Great Reed Warbler, 

 Willow Wren, Flycatchers, Wheatear, Stonechat, 

 Bearded Reedling or Titmouse, the Titmouse 

 Family. 



