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  THE BOYS HAWKING ON THE BROAD _Front._

  CROSSBILL 9

  WOODCOCK 12

  METAMORPHOSES OF BUTTERFLY 16

  THE PARK IN SUMMER 17

  WHITE HAWTHORN BUTTERFLY 19

  BUILDING THE BOAT 22

  A YARMOUTH YAWL 24

  THE COMMON COOT 28

  COMMON WREN AND EGG 29

  HERON 30

  ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY 40

  THE BARN-OWL AND EGG 44

  WILD DUCK 50

  ROACH 52

  CHAMELEON 53

  REDBREAST AND EGG 55

  YACHT 57

  COMMON SNIPE 60

  SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY 61

  MOONLIGHT SCENE 64

  DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH 65

  BITTERN 66

  WATER-RAIL 68

  AFRICAN BUSH QUAIL 69

  NEST OF GOLDEN PLOVER 71

  HEN-HARRIER 74

  WEASEL 74

  LONG-TAILED TIT AND EGG 78

  SPARROW-HAWK 82

  LONG-EARED OWL 84

  COMMON PARTRIDGE 85

  EGG OF COMMON PARTRIDGE 86

  COMMON SANDPIPER 87

  LATEEN SAIL 92

  RINGED PLOVER 94

  OYSTER-CATCHER 95

  SWAN'S NEST 100

  SWAN 101

  CUCKOO AND EGG 103

  TOM-TIT AND EGG 106

  NUTHATCH 107

  WRYNECK 108

  WORKING ANT AND PORTION OF ANT-HILL 109

  EGG OF WRYNECK 110

  MARSH-TIT AND EGG 111

  PAIR-OARED BOAT 116

  MR. MARSTON'S HOUSE 117

  NIGHTINGALE 119

  NIGHTINGALE'S NEST 120

  COMMON GULL 126

  YOUNG GULLS COVERED WITH DOWN 127

  CARP 128

  CHIFF-CHAFF 130

  OAK-GALL FLY 131

  GLOW-WORM 136

  ORIOLE 138

  NEST OF AMERICAN SPECIES OF ORIOLE 139

  LANDRAIL OR CORNCRAKE 140

  HOUSE-MARTIN 141

  SISKIN 141

  PEACOCK BUTTERFLY, CHRYSALIS, AND CATERPILLAR 142

  RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY 143

  WINCHAT AND EGG 144

  VIPER 145

  COMMON RINGED SNAKE 146

  SLOW-WORM 148

  BREAM 150

  ANGLING 153

  TROUT 155

  DRAGON-FLY 159

  METAMORPHOSES OF FLESH-FLY 166

  WATER-BEETLE 166

  PUPA AND COMPOUND EYE OF DRAGON-FLY 167

  LARVA OF GNAT. ESCAPE OF GNAT FROM ITS PUPA-CASE 167

  METAMORPHOSES OF PLUMED GNAT 168

  PUPA-CASE, LARVA, AND FLY OF CADDIS-WORM 169

  MINNOW 170

  SMOOTH NEWT 171

  METAMORPHOSES OF NEWT 172

  WATER-FLEAS AND ANIMALCULAE IN DROP OF WATER AS SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 173

  FRESH-WATER AQUARIUM 174

  METAMORPHOSES OF FROG 175

  SEA-WATER AQUARIUM 176

  WALL SPLEENWORT 177

  FORKED SPLEENWORT 177

  GREEN SPLEENWORT 177

  OAK FERN 178

  FRUCTIFICATION OF FERNS 179

  WALL RUE, JERSEY FERN, MARSH FERN 180

  HARVEST MOUSE AND NEST 181

  MOLE 182

  LADYBIRD AND ITS STAGES 183

  FERN SPORES 187

  SCALY SPLEENWORT OR "RUSTY BACK" 191

  WILSON'S FILMY-FERN, TUNBRIDGE FILMY-FERN 192

  WILD RABBITS 195

  WOOD-PIGEON 197

  SUSPENDED LEAF TENTS
198

  LACE-WINGED FLY 200

  STAG-HORNED PRIONUS AND DIAMOND BEETLE 201

  GREEN WOODPECKER 204

  BLUE BUTTERFLY 204

  THE HAUNT OF THE PURPLE EMPEROR 205

  PERCH AND GUDGEON 211

  PIKE 212

  EELS 218

  APPARATUS USED IN HAWKING 221

  COMMON HERON 228

  GREAT BUSTARD 230

  DOVES 231

  WILD DUCK SHOOTING 244

  MOLE CRICKET 254

  COMMON LIZARD 255

  OSPREY 256

  GREAT CRESTED GREBE 256

  WHITE ANTS' NEST, ANTS, ETC. 257

  HEDGEHOG 258

  HONEY BUZZARD 258

  The Swan and her Crew.