PREFACE. 



The Author of this little booklet has for many 

 years been a student of Birds in his native home, 

 and has had many opportufiities of observi?ig their 

 habits and characteristics for himself, in the quiet- 

 ude of a rural life. He does not pretend that all 

 here given is original, but it has all been so checked 

 by actual observation that it is ?iew for Prince 

 Edward Island. 



