prp:face. 



Tlie Antlwr of f/iis little booklet lias for many 

 years been a student of Birds in his native lionie, 

 and bas bad ))iany opportunities of observing:; their 

 habits and characteristics for himself in the ijuiet- 

 ude of a rural life. He does not pretend that all 

 here i^^iren is origi/ial but it has all been so checked 

 by actual observation that it is neic for Prince 

 Edivard Island. 



