PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



THE little work now presented to the reader has been 

 entirely drawn up by Harrow boys, of whom four are still 

 members of the school, and one has recently left it. The 

 very full and interesting account of the Flora of Harrow, 

 including the Ferns and Grasses, has been written by 

 Mr. J. C. Melvill ; the notices of the Birds were furnished 

 by the Honbles. F. C. and G. 0. M. Bridgeman ; and 

 the list of Butterflies was drawn up from the joint 

 observations of Mr. C. C. Parr and Mr. E. Heathfield. 

 The publication of the book has solely arisen from a very 

 strong desire to promote at Harrow an interest in Natural 

 History, and to furnish our young naturalists with .the 

 permanent record of previous investigations, which have 

 supplied a happy and innocent occupation to some of their 

 contemporaries. 



It may seem a very simple and commonplace task to 

 draw up such lists as these ; nevertheless to do so with 

 any accuracy requires an earnest and long-continued 

 research, and it is hoped that by indicating the localities 

 where so many of the rarest flowers, birds, butterflies, 

 and moths may be discovered, our youthful authors have 

 saved much trouble and disappointment to future collectors. 

 And although the sketches presented in the following 



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