NOTE TO SECOND EDITION. 



MY little book, which never expected to spread the 

 circle of its acquaintance much beyond its Oxford 

 friends, has been introduced by the goodwill of reviewers 

 to a wider society, and has been apparently welcomed 

 there. To enable it to present itself in the world to 

 better advantage, I have added to it a new chapter on 

 the Alpine birds, and have made a considerable number 

 of additions and corrections in the original chapters ; 

 but I hope I have left it as modest and unpretending 

 as I originally meant it to be. 



During the process of revision, I have been aided by 

 valuable criticisms and suggestions from several ornitho- 

 logical and bird-loving friends, and particularly from 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson, A. H. Macpherson, Esq., O. V. 

 Aplin, Esq., and W. T. Arnold, Esq., whose initials will 

 be found here and there in notes and appendices. I 

 have also to thank Archdeacon Palmer for most kindly 

 pointing out some blemishes in the chapter on the Birds 

 of Virgil. 



W. WARDE FOWLER. 



LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD. 

 Nov. 19, 1886. 



