ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES, &c. 



LETTER I. INTRODUCTORY. 



Early Influences and Recollections Sussex Sketch of 

 the County The Weald Its Character and gene- 

 ral Aspect Sandstone Formation Picturesque 

 Scenery The South Downs Maritime Tract 

 Chichester Harbour Selsey Bill Pagham Un- 

 frequented District Hard Weather Wild -Fowl 

 Shooting Coast to the eastward of Brighton 

 Chalk Cliffs Beachy Head Pevensey Bay Wil- 

 derness of Shingle An Oasis in a Desert Princi- 

 pal Rivers in Sussex. 



MY DEAR E. 



I have great pleasure in complying with your 

 request ; the very idea recalls the memory of old- 

 en time ; already am I carried back in imagina- 

 tion to those scenes where, besides the instruction 

 exclusively derived from Alma mater, we took 

 lessons in practical Ornithology under the aus- 

 pices of dame Nature herself. Again, as in by- 

 gone days, are we wandering together over the 



