vi PREFACE 



The illustrations are reproductions of photographs of 

 living birds taken by Captain R. S. F. Fayrer, I. M.S. 



Efforts have been made to produce, not so much a 

 series of pretty pictures as a number of likenesses that 

 will assist people to identify the originals when they 

 meet them in the flesh. 



How far the photographer has been successful every 

 reader must judge for himself; but only those who have 

 tried to photograph living birds will be able fully to 

 appreciate the value of Captain Fayrer's work. 



D. D. 



