CHAPTER XLI. The Conclusion. 264 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE 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