ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The publishers desire to extend their acknowledgment and thanks 

 to the firms who have kindly permitted the use of material in this 

 work : To the publisher, A. W. Mumf ord, for the articles from " Birds 

 and Nature"; all unsigned articles from this source are marked with 

 an asterisk; to the publisher, John C. Mount joy, for the articles from 

 the writings of Gerard Alan Abbott and Harold B. Shinn. All articles 

 in Volumes I, II, III, not otherwise accounted for, are written by 

 Gerard Alan Abbott. 



