BIOLOGY 

 LIBRARY 



TO MR. JOSEPH ABRAHAMS 

 THE WIDELY RESPECTED NATURALIST AND IMPORTER 



THE PRESENT WORK 

 IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR 



IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF 



THE NUMEROUS IMPORTANT NOTES AND VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS 



IMPARTED TO HIM 



BY THAT KEEN STUDENT OF BIRD-LIFE 



AND WITHOUT WHICH THE FOLLOWING PAGES WOULD 



IN SOME RESPECTS 

 HAVE BEEN BARREN OF NEW AND INSTRUCTIVE FACTS 



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