PREFACE ix. 



To the Editors of the following papers, British 

 Birds, Country Life, The County Gentleman, The 

 Field, and The Saturday Review, I offer sincerest 

 thanks for their courtesy in permitting me to 

 reproduce articles which (now, however, appearing 

 for the most part with more or less extensive altera- 

 tions) have from time to time been printed in their 

 respective columns ; as likewise to Messrs. Hodder 

 and Stoughton for their kindness in allowing me to 

 reprint some of my work which originally appeared 

 in The Book of the Open Air. To this also I have 

 added, in some cases considerably. 



JOHN WALPOLE-BOND. 

 March, 1914. 





