FOREWORDS 



N ' BEHIND THE VEIL IN BIRDLAND ' I have endeavoured 

 to picture with my pen and camera some of those 

 hidden scenes in Nature that are possibly only looked 

 upon by the naturalist. Many of the Birds and 

 Mammals described in the following pages are rare, 

 and are never seen by the average tourist in, or visitor to, the 

 country. But in these days, when Nature-study is so much to 

 the fore, every one is, or ought to be, interested in the sights and 

 sounds of Birdland. 



I may be criticised for including under my title four photographs 

 of mammals. My excuse for this is that ' Birdland ' is a word 

 which I introduced a few years ago as a synonym for the country- 

 side, and these four wild creatures included amongst the birds are 

 to be seen, by those who know where to find them, in the 

 byways of Birdland, and are closely associated with the birds 

 themselves. 



In choosing these twenty-four photographs from the thousands 

 which I have taken, my aim has been to include pictures from all 

 parts of these Islands for there are few counties or spots which I 

 have not visited in my search after birds and I trust that the 



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