panion who loved Nature, and who inspired me with an interest 
in the feathery kingdom. May this offering show the way to 
others and present new visions of refinement! 
The essays have been arranged according to the seasons. 
This order seems to be the natural way, even though the divi¬ 
sions are not balanced in number, owing to the untimely death 
of the author. 
I wish to thank the editors of The Sportsmen s Review 
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and of Birds and Nature for the permission to publish several 
essays in this collection. 
I am very grateful for the aid which my friends have given 
ti the various stages of the publication. 
w u o a 
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March 21, 1923. 
Praxides Blandford Hochwalt. 
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