vi PREFACE. 
the numerous technical sporting and scientific terms, 
and his familiarity with many of the localities visited 
by the Author. 
The translation was commenced last year immediately 
after the permission had been graciously given; but 
what was begun as a pleasant task, had to be completed 
in sorrow. ‘Thus the volume in its present form has to 
go forth not merely as a vehicle of delightful instruction, 
but as a regretful tribute to the memory of a man who 
by his genuine devotion to Nature and by his readiness 
to impart his experiences to others, had succeeded in 
establishing a sympathetic bond with the more humble 
workers in the field of Ornithology. 
ALBERT GUNTHER. 
British Museum, Nat. Hist., 
August 4, 1889. 
