vu PREFACE. 
fill, to some small extent, a corner in the 
world of illustrative and educational natural 
history, so far as some British birds are con- 
cerned ; and these in turn are only a small 
though most interesting part of the works of 
the great Creator. I again acknowledge, 
with great pleasure, the valuable assistance 
of Mr. Alfred Hodgkinson in many ways. — 
