viii PREFACE. 



county is so easy of access, and has been so well 

 described and illustrated in all its aspects, except 

 that of ornithology, that I consider it as quite super- 

 fluous to attempt any description of its geology and 

 other natural conditions. I have no pretence to the 

 title of scientific ornithologist, but I have been a lover 

 of birds since my earliest years, and a close observer 

 of their habits, till debarred from such observation by 

 physical infirmity. 



LILFORD. 



November 1895. 



