PREFACE 



TT is hoped that tliis Uttle work, though phmarily 

 intended for schools, may be found useful by those 

 who require a short hand-book which includes the 

 results of the most recent observations, and is adapted 

 to modern nomenclature. The author wishes to tender 

 his thanks to Mr W. Eagle Clarke, who is now pre- 

 paring a new edition of Yarrell's British Birds, for 

 glancing over the proofs, in order that they may be in 

 general agreement with the forthcoming Avork ; while 

 he cannot fail to recall with great regret the times 

 when he was working in company with the late Howard 

 Saunders, then engaged in compiling his well-known 

 Manual of British Birds, or short form of Yarrell. 



A. H. E. 



9 Harvey Road, Cambridge, 

 24 Febniary, 1910 



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