LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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LITTLE BITTERN 84 



JACKDAWS 97 



ARMED ALBANIAN CONGREGATION AT OPEN-AIR SERVICE . IOI 



MOHAMMEDAN FUNERAL 1 13 



THE AUTHOR IN ALBANIAN COSTUME . . . -125 



EMBARKING WITH THE FISHERMEN 127 



PELICANS 127 



PELICANS ON THEIR NESTS 1 29 



NEST OF PELICANS 131 



OUR PARTY PREPARING TO CROSS AN ALBANIAN RIVER . 1 33 

 LANDING THE PELICAN . . . . . . -133 



ALBANIAN FERRY 1 34 



OUR CAMP IN THE FOREST 1 34 



FIREWOOD PONIES .... .... 146 



ATTITUDES OF GREAT WHITE HERON WHEN FEEDING . l6l 



GREAT WHITE HERON AND LITTLE EGRET . . .163 



GREAT WHITE HERON FEEDING 163 



ALBANIAN FAMILY 1 68 



HANGING NEST OF PENDULINE TIT 170 



YOUNG GREAT WHITE HERONS . . . . . .172 



GREAT WHITE HERON AND YOUNG 1 74 



ON VALENCZE SEE 1 79 



NEST OF SPOTTED CRAKE l8l 



NEST OF BLACK-NECKED GREBE 1 83 



NEST OF WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN . . . .185 



NEST OF LITTLE BITTERN . . . . . . .187 



NEST OF LITTLE BITTERN . . . . . . .188 



LITTLE BITTERN 1 89 



NEST OF WATER- RAIL 190 



NEST OF LITTLE CRAKE 191 



WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN ON NEST . . . .192 



NEST OF SPOTTED CRAKE ....... 193 



NEST OF GOLDEN ORIOLE 1 94 



DALMATIAN PELICANS ....... 208 



LITTLE BITTERN . . . . . . . .212 



PELICAN ON NEST 212 



PELICANS AT THEIR NESTS 215 



PELICANS AT THEIR TOILET 21 7 



EGYPTIAN VULTURES AND RAVENS 2 20 



UNEXPECTED VISITORS IN THE FOREST . . . .223 

 'ONE OF THEM BROUGHT BACK MY HORSE' . . .223 

 SEA EAGLE RETURNING TO ITS NEST . . . .225 

 NEST OF SEA EAGLE 225 



