vi PREFACE. 



of Algeria. The account there presented is, I 

 believe, the most complete one in the English 

 language, so far as species are concerned, and is 

 founded on a visit to the country. Should I 

 succeed in enticing even one fresh worker to a 

 wide and little known field, it will be a source of 

 much gratification. Algeria is easily reached, and 

 yearly becoming more popular as a winter resort. 



The chapters on the birds of the more remote 

 parts of our own islands may possibly be of service 

 to the reader who contemplates visiting these places, 

 or may even suggest a journey thereto ; whilst the 

 few remarks on the Birds' place in Art, from a 

 naturalist's point of view, I especially commend to 

 the painters who utilize, or contemplate utilizing, 

 birds in their work. 



My thanks are due to Capt. Elwes for kindly 

 placing one of the type specimens of Saxicola 

 seebohmi at my service (but two examples of this 

 bird are yet known to science), from which the 

 coloured frontispiece to the present volume was 

 taken. The other specimen was figured in The 

 Ibis when I described the species. 



CHARLES DIXON. 



September, 1893. 



