PREFATORY NOTE 



many books dealing with Natural History 

 subjects have of late years been written, that 

 a preface has become as necessary as an apology 

 for adding to the number as for briefly setting 

 forth the subject-matter of a book. 



While claiming the forbearance of the Reader, 

 I would like to state that the following Notes 

 and Observations are taken from the many entries 

 made in my Notebooks during a period of a 

 quarter of a century, and relate to the Fauna of 

 the neighbourhood of Great Yarmouth. 



It is possible that some of the entries may prove 

 interesting as recording certain traits and habits 

 of the Birds and Animals of that locality previously 

 unnoticed by Naturalists; there may be some 

 originality worthy of notice; and some value may 



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