vi PREFACE 
The illustrations are reproductions of photographs of 
living birds taken by Captain R. S. F. Fayrer, I1.M.S. 
Efforts have been made to produce, not so much a 
series of pretty pictures as a number of likenesses that 
will assist people to identify the originals when they 
meet them in the flesh, 
How far the photographer has been successful every 
reader must judge for himself; but only those who have 
tried to photograph living birds will be able fully to 
appreciate the value of Captain Fayrer’s work. 
D. D. 
