NOTES 



ON THE 



BIRDS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



THE following notes on birds observed by me in this 

 district have no pretension to be a complete account 

 of the avifauna of our own county, but are merely the 

 result of my own observations and those of friends 

 on whose accuracy I could rely. I have for a long 

 time entertained the idea of publishing -a work on 

 the ornithology of Northamptonshire, and, having 

 made this idea known, have received many letters 

 containing information more or less valuable from 

 gentlemen, many of them personally unknown to me, 

 residing in or near the county. To all my corre- 

 spondents I hereby offer my most sincere acknow- 

 ledgments, and must offer a few words of explanation 

 as to the causes which have hitherto prevented my 

 availing myself of their ready kindness in sending 

 me their observations and remarks. Many of these 



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