384 BRITISH BIRDS. 



and that the buying public of such volumes is a small one, 

 whilst very few could afford a higher price. What I try to 

 do, however, is my best, and in doing so I take an infinity 

 of trouble to look at the various aspects of the bird and its 

 life, and to give facts as I have observed them. 



J. G. Millais. 

 Compton's Brow, Horsham. 

 March 8th, 1910. 



