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Where it has seemed well for the sake of clear- 

 ness to add scientific names, they are put in foot- 

 notes. In these cases the names of the British 

 birds are those in the Ibis list : of the British plants 

 those in Bentham and Hooker's " Flora.''' 



I take leave to thank the proprietors of " Long" 

 man's Magazine"" and of the '■'■Saturday Review" 

 for permission to reproduce such of these papers 

 as originally appeared in those publications, though 

 in slightly^ different form. 



Also I gratefully acknowledge the kind help of 

 my friend, Mr. W. H. A. Cowell, in the revision 

 of these pages. 



