England.
Preface to journal entries for Aug 4 to Oct 6
  One cannot be long in England without
coming to realise that birds, especially of large and
conspicuous kinds, are far more abundant and generally
distributed there than in any of the older-settled
parts of eastern north America. The truth of this
statement must, indeed, be patent to the most
casual observer who, in broad daylight, passes through
the Irish Sea by steamer from Queenstown to Liverpool
and thence crosses England to London by rail.
For during even so short and common place a 
journey he will be sure to see birds in numbers
and variety that are likely to fill him with astonish-
ment, provided he has never visited England before.
To all this my journal for the following two months (to which
the present sheet, written at this close, is intended to serve as a
brief introduction) will bear strong testimony especially in
entries under dates of August 4, 9 & 6; September, 11,12,13,14; October
1,6