NOTE 



*' And the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough 

 In England now." 



In these pages I have tried to picture something of the Bird 

 Life in England to-day. At times I have followed the travellers 

 far afield : to the Scottish Highlands, to Norway, and even to the 

 ttmdras of Siberia. But my chief aim has been to show in their 

 haunts and homes : in the woodlands, fields and moorlands : by 

 river, lake and sea, something of the life of the birds of our own 

 country : the birds in England, now. 



The photographs used as illustrations represent the work of 

 years spent in observation. In many cases they show phases of 

 bird-life rarely to be witnessed, and have been obtained under 

 conditions which may never recur. 



