PREFACE WITH very kindly reception by the press, and a steady public appreciation, have led to this endeaour to make my IittIe book more complete, by preparing an Enlarged Edition, including all British-breeding birds that have now any reasonable claim for treatmed. The work deals with a number of more or less familiar winter visitors that do not stay to breed with us however, this is perhaps an advantage nowadays, when we all travel much and far. As mentioned in the preface of the first Edition, this book is not intended to encourage the useless collecting of bids eggs from a mere motive, but to aid the youthful naturalist in the study of one of the most interesting phases of bird life. It is to be hoped that the Act of Parliament empowering County Councils to protect either the eggs of certain birds, or those of all birds breeding within a given area, will be of great benefit to many of our feathered friends. Besides pretty extensive experience, I have, in the preparation of this...