XIV. PREFACE. 



Of the Wood-Engravings, improved from the elegant 

 designs of a Lady, Mrs. Hamilton, and executed by the 

 author's friend, Mr. Henry Hughes, and which accompany 

 the work, it is scarcely necessary to speak, their excellence 

 being manifest. The author cannot, however, here avoid 

 calling the public attention to this-branch of the arts; and 

 he, at the same time, hopes that an Artist who combines 

 in his own person that of a Landscape- Draughtsman, a Wood- 

 Engraver, and a Painter, will not long remain without a 

 suitable portion of public encouragement and reward. 

 Mr. Hughes is already known by his work containing 

 Sixty Views in Wales, all of which, except one or two, were 

 drawn on the spot, and afterwards engraved on wood, by 

 the artist himself. 



Lady well, Lewisham ; October, 1827. 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



The Plate of the British and European Birds, with the Land' 

 scape, must follow page 96 ; the Plate of the Foreign Birds 

 with the Landscape must follow page 298. 



