vi PREFACE. 



the numerous technical sporting and scientific terms, 

 and his familiarity with many of the localities visited 

 by the Author. 



The translation was commenced last year immediately 

 after the permission had been graciously given ; but 

 what was begun as a pleasant task, had to be completed 

 in sorrow. Thus the volume in its present form has to 

 go forth not merely as a vehicle of delightful instruction, 

 but as a regretful tribute to the memory of a man who 

 by his genuine devotion to Nature and by his readiness 

 to impart his experiences to others, had succeeded in 

 establishing a sympathetic bond with the more humble 

 workers in the field of Ornithology. 



ALBERT GUNTHER. 

 British Museum, Nat. Hist, 

 August 4, 1889. 



