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uninterested in the subject he may imagine himself to be. ... 

 His perseverance and his powers of vivid and sympathetic 

 description have resulted in a most readable volume. 



Birmingham Post. " Possessing an attractive style, and 

 thoroughly master of his subject, the author of this admirably 

 printed and illustrated book interests from the outset. . . . We 

 recognise the remarkable perseverance, incessant industry, and 

 unwearying patience that have resulted in the mass of informa- 

 tion here presented. ... So far as we have been able to gather, 

 practically every species of bird familiar in this country has 

 come within the range of the author's researches. He takes 

 them when they arrive here, traces their life-history through the 

 various stages of love-making, mating, and family-rearing, to 

 the time when the fledglings leave the parental nest and venture 

 forth responsible members of the feathered fraternity. Warde 

 Fowler says in his delightful book, 'A Year with the Birds,' 

 that 'Birds have ways, and reasons for them, which man is 

 very unlikely ever to be able to understand.' That is so, but 

 Mr. Boraston may be congratulated upon having brought his 

 readers appreciably nearer to a knowledge of an extremely 

 fascinating subject." 



