LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Typical Feathers from Ducks' Nests. {Reproduced 



direct from the feathers) Plate 1 . . . . Frontispiece 



PAGK 



Male example of Schlegel's Petrel {CEstrelata neglecta) 

 found dead at Tarporley, Cheshire. {Photographed 

 hy Alfred Newstead) . . . . . . . . . . 15 



Nest and Eggs of Short-eared Owl, found at Rain- 

 worth, Notts. {Photographed hy H. E. Forrest) . . 30 



Typical Feathers from Ducks' Nests. {Reproduced 



direct from the feathers) Plate 2 . . . . facing 37 



" The Survey of Cornwall," by Richard Carew. {Fac- 

 simile of Title Page) 48 



Markings in Mouths of Nestlings of the Bearded Tit 58 



Sketch Map to show the distribution of Wood-Pigeon 

 Diphtheria . . 



Nest of Common Tern 



Pebble-paved Nest of Arctic Tern on Beach 



Arctic Tern's Nest in Sand 



Arctic Tern sitting on Nest in Sand . . 



Arctic Tern's Nest in high-water mark Drift 



Male Large-billed Reed-Bunting, obtained near 



Lydd, Kent 



Little Tern on its Nest. Romney Marsh. {Photo- 

 graphed hy F. B. Kirk man) Plate 3 . . facing 101 

 Arctic Tern's Nest, with Pebbles and Bent . . . . 102 

 Lesser Tern's Nest in Shingle at Romney Marsh . . 104 

 Common Tern's Nest of Broom at Romney Marsh . . 106 



" Pinax Rerum Britannicarum," by Christopher 



Merrett. {Facsimile of Title Page) . . . • HI 



Sketch Map illustrating flight of Starlings . . . . 122 



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