'T'HE Publishers beg to draw particular 
attention to the fact that the illustrations 
in this little book are all reproductions of 
genuine photographs from life , taken by 
Mr. Kit k by means of various devices. 
Many of them were only obtained with great 
difficulty , and after patient watching for 
opportunities , some of them even at con- 
siderable personal risk. They are not touched 
up in any way by the engravers, and may 
be implicitly relied upon as correct repre- 
sentations of the actual environments of the 
birds. The nomenclature and order followed 
are those of Howard Saunders's “ List of 
British Birds." Enquiries as to larger 
copies of any of these photographs, etc., 
should be addressed to Mr. Charles Kirk, 
Naturalist, Glasgow. 
