LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Chicks of the Sanderling. {Drawn by P. H. Bahr, 

 from the specimens obtained by Dr. W. S. Bruce 

 on Prince Charles' 1 Foreland, Spitsbergen.) Plate 2 



Frontispiece 



Wood-Lark at the Nest. {Photographed by F. Barber- PAGE 

 Starkey) Plate 1 facing 1 



Wood-Lark on the Nest. (Fig. 1) {Photographed by 



F. Barber-Starkey) 9 



Nest and Eggs of the Wood-Lark. (Fig. 2) {Photo- 

 graphed by F. Barber-Starkey) . . . . . . 10 



Diagram of Port Said District. (Fig. 1) .. .. 39 



Diagram showing some of the Passages of Migrant 

 Species through Port Said, Autumn, 1906. 

 (Fig. 2) 43 



Diagram showing some of the Passages of Species 



Wintering at Port Said, Autumn, 1906. (Fig. 3; 44 



Diagram showing a relation between the intensity of 

 Migration Passage at Port Said and the con- 

 temporary weather in the Constantinople District, 

 Autumn, 1906. (Fig. 4) 47 



Diagram showing comparison between Meteorological 

 Conditions at Port Said and in Constantinople 

 district, Autumn, 1906. (Fig. 5) .. .. 48 



" The Dorr," Bempton Cliffs. {Photographed by A. 



D. Sapsworth) ' . . 52 



The Peregrine's Eyrie. {Photographed by A. D. 



Sapsworth) . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 



Great Crested Grebe's Nest with six Eggs. {Photo- 

 graphed by Miss E. L. Turner) . . . . . . 61 



Water-Rail {Photographed by Miss E. L. Turner) : 

 Running to the Nest : Plate 3. Chipping the 

 Shell to assist the Chick : Plate 4. Brooding : 

 ■ Plate 5. Removing first Chick : Plate 6. Re- 

 moving second Chick : Plate 7. Removing 

 third Chick still in the Shell : Plate 8. Removing 

 fourth Chick in the Shell : Plate 9. Removing 

 " Addled " Egg : Plate 10 . . . . facing 65 



