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they deal with larger or smaller areas of wild England 

 of the same type. For much minute and original 

 observation of the wild life of the White Horse 

 country I have to thank my brother, the Rev. J. G. 

 Cornish of Lockinge, whose notes on the wild life of 

 the Berkshire downs, and of other parts of England, 

 have been constantly at my service. The greater part 

 of the paper on Abbotsbury Swannery is also written 

 from his notes. 



C. J. CORNISH. 



Orford House, Chiswick Mall, 

 May 29, 1895. 



