The greater part of the contents of the follow- 

 ing chapters, which have no pretence to be anything 

 more than casual notices of Birds and Insects seen 

 at different times in London and elsewhere, strung 

 together as a holiday amusement, have already been 

 published, the chapter on " London Birds " more than 

 once. 



Having been more kindly received than they 

 deserved, thanks only to the charm which anything 

 to do with Nature has for most of us, especially 

 perhaps, if met with unexpectedly, the notes are re- 

 printed with a few more pages as unscientific as the 

 rest. 



The papers on " The Birds of the Outer Fames" 

 " The Shetlands in the Birds' - Nesting Season" 

 " The Last English Home of the Bearded Tit" 

 and " The Summer Tenants of Dutch Water 

 Meadows" are, with the permission of the pro- 

 prietors, reprinted from Ihe " Contemporary Review!' 



T. D. />. 



The Mo, 



Sheringham, 



September, 1892 



