PREFACE 



II* >l '< ill the preface c. -ines first it is usually written 

 last, ami to this cust..ui liird-NYsting in North - 



< 'ana. la " Is no exception. 



\>\v that tin- last chapter has Ix-en writti n. the 

 time lias com. a few words of explanation. 



The only tiim- I have been able to devote t this 

 work was during evenings aft. r i'U>iin^^ hoon and not only 



hail tin- book to be written, !>ut tin- illustrations ha- 1 also to 



;ia\\ ii at ni_rht, conse<|Uently the work has tiikr-u loi 

 to exiM-ut.- tluui I had antirijiatf'!. an-1 1 wish to thank my 

 sul-^crit" -r- for th-ir jati'iu-i- ami imlul^rncf in waiting so 

 long f'r thi-ir ("] 



Though tin- titl- of the Uwk would lead readers to expect 

 ttie work to be purely Oological, it will 1- bond to treat on 



inatt-i- n->t strictly < )niitlnli i^ical. I have l>rancln-il off an<l 

 :i <l<^cn|>tin-> i if tin- haliitsnf tin- nmiv important animals 

 inhaliitini; th- region tmversetl, and have also rivcn a de- 

 scription >f tin- scrM-Tv between Toronto and Vancouver. 



Th- Kook is al>. > int.-ndi-d to Ije a guide to sportsinm and 

 anglers who int-nd \-iitin^ this territory, and it may -vcn 

 be of some use to intending setUera 1 ha\.- ^ivi-n aceui 

 d.-scrijitions of the liirds' eggs, and also given their nieasure- 

 iiients. At the end of the 1 H M >k is an index, so that the book 

 may aii^u.-r as a refeivn. 



Tin- colored pi _TLJS are faithful rejuvsenta- 

 inn-ns in my collection, and have 1 n drawn on 



