CHAPTER 1 



NIGHTINGALE FLYCATCHER BLACKCAP 

 GARDEN-WARBLER REDSTART 



I HE Bird-land with 

 which I am best 

 and most agree- 

 ably acquainted 

 is that of the 

 woods and fields 

 which surround 

 my own home ; 

 and it is chiefly 

 from this pic- 

 turesque neigh- 

 bourhood that 

 the majority of 

 my photographs 

 have been ob- 

 tained. 



