x PREFACE 



Many thanks also are due to his cousin, Mr. A. 

 Gwynne-Vaughan, another good all-round sports- 

 man, as well as to Rev. D. E. Owen for much valuable 

 information and help ; also to Mr. P. S. Phillips, 

 Captain G. C. Beauchamp, Captain C. H. Wood, 

 Mr. R. Gilbert, and the following keepers, W. 

 Watkins, Enoch Thomas, and W. Webb. 



Mr. Pike, who is associated in this work, is already 

 known to the bird-loving public, and he has spared 

 no pains in getting the best possible photographs. At 

 his own request, I may add that, except on a very 

 mild scale, he is not an egg-collector, and may with 

 safety be shown the haunts of our rarer birds. I 

 personally took him to the nest-haunt of the Kite, 

 Buzzard, and Raven, as well as other good things ; 

 but I feel confident that he will in no way abuse 

 the trust reposed in him, he having promised to 

 keep the localities a dead secret. 



I am much pleased with the two photographs 

 taken by Mr. P. B. Abery, the Builth photographer, 

 and they do him much credit. 



We shall always be glad to hear from bird-lovers, 

 and hope that they will report to us the occurrence of 

 any rare bird which they may be fortunate enough to 

 observe. 



J. A. WALPOLE-BOND. 



THE BUNGALOW, TYN-Y-GRAIG, 



NEAR BUILTH, BRECONSHIRE 

 July, 1903. 



