PREFACE. Vll 



The illustrations, from designs by Thomas 

 Bewick, will, it is conceived, add considerably to 

 the attractiveness of the volume, and will enable 

 the reader to dispense with particular descrip- 

 tions of the species, which it might be otherwise 

 desirable to furnish. These may be found, 

 moreover, in other works devoted to British 

 Ornithology. 



JAMES EDMUND HARTING. 



July, 1875. 



