This bock is intended for the use of the uninitiated, both 
residents and visitors, who wish to know something of the birds 
they may see about them in Singapore Island, but it will aJso 
be useful to the same class of student in British Malaya 
generally. It is written not so much for the ornithologist who 
makes a business of seeking birds as for him who is content to 
meet them, 
'■ 
C. Bo DEN KlOSS, 
Director of Museums i 
Straits Settlements and 
Federated Maia\ States. 
Singapore. i6tk September, i(/26. 
