vi PREFACE. 
the numerous technical sporting and scientific terms, 
and his familiarity with many of the localities visited 
by the Author. | 
The translation was commenced last year immediately 
after the permission had been graciously given; but 
what was begun as a pleasant task, had to be completed 
in sorrow. Thus the volume in its present form has to 
go forth not merely as a vehicle of delightful instruction, 
but as a regretful tribute to the memory of a man who 
by his genuine devotion to Nature and by his readiness 
to impart his experiences to others, had succeeded in 
establishing a sympathetic bond with the more humble 
workers in the field of Ornithology. 
ALBERT GUNTHER. 
British Museum, Nat. Hist., 
August 4, 1889. 
