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the latter I had Mr. J. C. McLean as 

 assistant for several months, and have to 

 thank him for help, both in the dark room 

 and field. 



All the prints from which the blocks 

 have been prepared were done from my 

 negatives by Mr. G. F. Green. I have 

 therefore the satisfaction of knowing that 

 the utmost has been got out of often very 

 indifferent material. I have also to thank 

 Mr. Green for the friendly interest taken 

 in the preparation of this little volume, 

 and to acknowledge many suggestions in 

 regard to its outward form and appearance. 



I am obliged to Mr. Frank Stopford for 

 having carefully gone over the proof sheets. 



Finally, one word in regard to the illus- 

 trations themselves. 



Many of them, I am perfectly well aware, 

 are unsatisfactory. I have, nevertheless, 

 thought them worth producing, not for 

 themselves, but as illustrative of some 

 interesting point in the bird's life history 

 or as proof of its perfect domestication. 



The photogra^Tires and tone blocks have 

 been excellently done by Messrs. Hood & Co., 

 Middlesbrough, England. 



