PREFACE. 
The idea with which this little volume originated was to 
collect all the ancient passages about birds, of any special 
interest, but more particularly those which concerned British 
Birds, and to string them together in order of date. The 
preparation of such a book has naturally led to considerable 
research into the realms of literature, and here I should have 
been in difficulty but for the help of such good friends as 
Mr. J. E. Harting, Professor Edward Bensly and Dr. Eagle 
Clarke. Especially do I hold myself indebted to Mr. Harting 
for most valuable criticisms, and scarcely less so to Colonel 
Willoughby Verner, Mr. W. H. Mullens, Mr. A. H. Evans 
and Dr. Jenkinson. 
J.H.G. 
Keswick Hatt, NorFoLk. 
