6 PREFACE 



Hanson and Mr. J. A. Walpole Bond have rendered 

 me valuable assistance while photographing nests, 

 and I am also greatly indebted to all those who have 

 informed me of localities where our rarer birds breed. 

 I shall always be glad to hear of such places ; and 

 opportunities for photographing birds and nests in 

 any part of the British Islands will always be appre- 

 ciated. The Editor of the Daily Express kindly 

 allovys' me to reproduce "Sparrow Town" and 

 " The Heron at Home," which appeared in that 

 journaL 



O. G. P. 



WINCHMORE HILL, MIDDLESEX 

 May, 1902 



