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Edward Howe Forbush, State Ornithologist 

 for Massachusetts, has helped the author in 

 many ways — by kindly advice on several occa- 

 sions, by the contribution of photographs for 

 illustrations, but most of all through his books — ■ 

 Useful Birds and Their Protection and Game 

 Birds, Wild Fowl, and Shore Birds, two of the 

 most useful bird books ever penned. When an 

 unbiased history of American wild bird conser- 

 vation is written, there will be few names which 

 stand out with greater prominence than that of 

 Edward Howe Forbush, who never pauses in his 

 work to tell the world that it is he who is doing 

 it. 



The author is also indebted to Mr. E. A. 

 Quarles, of Forest Hills, Long Island, for valuable 

 suggestions and advice. 



Others who have given direct assistance in 

 one way or another are: 



Mrs. Helen Foster Barnett, Mrs. E. H. Baynes, 

 Professor S. A. Baldwin, William Brewster, 

 Harold C. Bryant, John Burnham, Miss Milli- 

 cent Bush, Walter M. Buswell, Hon. Fred. W. 

 Chambers, Andre Champollion, Frank M. Chap- 

 man, Frank C. Clarke, Austin Corbin, Miss Annie 

 H. Duncan, Miss Kate Percy Douglas, William 

 Dutcher, George S. Edgell, George M. Fales, 

 Waldo B. Fay, Dr. G. W. Field, Dr. A. K. Fisher, 



