'J^HE Publishers beg to draw particular 
atte7ition to the fact that the illustrations 
in this little book are all reproductions of 
getmine photographs f-om life, taken by 
Mr. Kiik by tneaits of various devices. 
Many of them were only obtained with gr eat 
difficulty, and after patient watching for 
oppor'ttuiities, some of them even at con- 
siderable personal risk. They are not touched 
rrp in any way by the engr-avers, and may 
be implicitly relied upon as correct repre- 
sentations of the actual environments of the 
birds. The nomenclature and or-der followed 
are those of Howard Saunder s's List of 
British Bir-ds." Enquiries as to larger 
copies of any of these photographs, etc., 
should be addressed to Mr. Charles Kirk, 
Naturalist, Glasgow. 
