mHE BIRDS OP NORFOLK. By HENRY STEV^ENSON, 



* F.L.S., Member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Vol. II. 

 just published (to be completed in 3 vols.), demy 8vo, 449 pp., prica 

 10s. 6d., with Coloured Frontispiece by Wolf of the Great Bustard, 

 and Lithoojraphic Views of Breydon " Muds " and Thetford Warren. 



Owing to the greatly increased amount of information received 

 since the plan of this work has been more generally known, the 

 author has been obliged to adopt one of two alternatives, either 

 to publish a third volume or to curtail so considerably the remaining 

 portion of the work as entirely to destroy its uniformity. Adopting 

 the former course, with the advice of many friends and subscribers, he 

 has here completed the large and important group of Grallatorial Birds, 

 reserving the Anatidae and a general appendix for the concluding 

 volume. 



" On the whole, this ia a delightful book for the naturalist conscientiously 

 and lovingly done, and imbued with that genuine love of nature in her most 

 charming creation which, in Gilbert White and many another compeer, has en- 

 riched our literature with books full of infinite resource and tranquil pleasure. 

 We have given copious extracts, in order that our readers may judge for them- 

 Belves if our praises be deserved, in the full confidence that those who may take 

 our recommendation on trust will be fully content with the result. — Times. 



" The first volume of the " Birds of Norfolk" will, we are sure, be welcomed 

 by all our readers in this country with great delight ; for we have no hesitation 

 in saying that it is the most meritorious book of its kind that haa appeared 

 for many years." — Ibis. 



'• A book which seems to be of such special merit as to deserve a much more 

 extended circulation than is generally accorded to works on various limited 

 branches of natural history. * # * Here we have the feelings of the genuine 

 lover of nature, expressed in language which is like Wordsworth done into 

 prose." — Frazer's Magazine. 



" The comfort of a cut book may have something to do with it, but certainly 

 we have seldom read a new volume with more pleasure than this one, on the Birds 

 of Norfolk. * * * Mr. Stevenson not merely gives his readers trustworthy 

 information ; he makes them feel his enthusiasm ; and he fills their imaginationa 

 with pictures of what he has seen." — Athenceum. 



" All wUl read it (or should do so) who are interested in the natural history 

 of the Eastern Counties. To ornithologists it will be welcome, as the production 

 of a field naturalist and a practical observer. And to the general reader it will 

 commend itself by its popular style, the absence of pedantry, and the presence of 

 an earnest purpose and an ardent love for the feathered ornaments of God's 

 creation. — Science Gossip. 



" A very undue estimate of its merits would be formed if it were supposed 

 t'o possess claims to awaken a local interest alone, for though professedly treating 

 of the Birds of Norfolk, it contains many ornithological facts of general import. ' 

 — Morning Post. 



" So many works have appeared on the general subject of British Birds, 

 that it may be thought tolerably exhausted ; but we have here a production of 

 unusual merit, which we shall review in some detail." — Land and Water. 



" This work is one of those masterly contributions to British Ornithology 

 which it is the peculiar province of the ' Zoologist ' to introduce to every one of 

 its readers as an essential addition to his library." — Zoologist. 



" Here is a book which may safely be recommended as a model of what a 

 local fauna should be. * * * The ornithologist and man of science generally 

 will find the book a well-arranged storehouse of facts." — The Gardener's Chronicle 

 and Agricultural Gazette. 



" For the last twenty years Mr. Stevenson has been most industriously at 

 work, and has not only gleaned ornithological facts from every available source, 

 but has been in hia own person a constant and most unwearying observer." — 

 Field. 



London : J. VAN VOORST. Norwich : STEVENSON AND CO. 



