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of Mr Horace Cox, the publisher of that work. The rest 

 (with the exception of a beautiful drawing" by my friend, 

 Mr Charles Whymper) are the rough pen-and-ink sketches 

 of the original edition. These nowadays may appear 

 crude ; but they are from life, and some of them may 

 possess a fidelity which is not necessarily assured by more 

 artistic treatment. 



I have endeavoured to address these chapters, not so 

 much to ornithologists (though they may glean stray 

 grains therein) as to the average reader who possesses 

 some love for the "outbye" country and its bird-life in 

 their wilder aspects. 



Abel Chapman. 



Houxtv, W'ARK, 



Northumberland, 

 February 1907. 



