ILLUSTRATIONS 



Frontispiece. TERN ALIGHTING AT NEST 



FACING PAGE 



I. THATCHING AN ESSEX COTTAGE - - - 16 



II. IN THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER FOWEY, CORNWALL 24 



III. ROBIN --.------ 32 



IV. WEST COUNTRY COTTAGE IN SPRING 48 

 V. SUSSEX COTTAGE 300 YEARS OLD 64 



VI. EARLY LAMBS ON A SURREY FARM 96 



VII. PRIMROSES - - - - - - -112 



VIIL GARDEN WARBLER AT NEST - - - 120 



IX. WILD DUCK AND YOUNG - - - 160 



X. A DEVON COVE - - - - - -192 



XI* BURNHAM THORPE CHURCH, NORFOLK - - 208 



XIL BEE HIVE 224 



XIIL WOOD IN WINTER - _ . 240 



XIV. PLOUGHING IN SOMERSET - - - - 256 



XV, SOMERSET VILLAGE 272 



