PREFACE. . V 



wanderers. The author, who during several passages to and from Austraha, India, China, 

 and North America, has derived the greatest enjoyment from such study, has often 

 reahsed how very Uttle is known- by passengers, as a class, of the habits of these birds, 

 and even of the names by which they are recognised by English amateur bird collectors. 

 The following chapters, in which the various Ocean Birds are referred to by their popular 

 seafaring names as used by passengers, as weU as by the proper names by which they 

 are known to naturalists, contain descriptions of 'the plumage and appearance of each bird, 

 which are sufficiently detailed to enable observers to recognise it as it flies near the ship, 

 and also embrace hints as to the best method of capture to be adopted by those desirous 

 of adding specimens to a collection. 



The illustrations are from the pencil of Miss Frances E. Green, who has made 

 careful sketches from accurately- stuffed specimens of birds captured by the Author, and 

 I may be allowed to venture the opinion that those who have seen the subjects in their 

 natural state will recognise the fidelity of the drawings. 



The Author presents his work to the public in the hope of interesting those bound 

 for distant seas in the winged companions of their travels. 



ARTHUR G. GUILLEMARD. 



