Having begun, 0r first written, this b00k in 0ne village, which was nearL0nd0n, I ann n0w finishing, 0r re-writing, it in an0ther in "the westestpart 0f all the land," 0ver three hundred nniles fr0nn the first. Here Ihad t0 g0 0ver this ancient w0rk 0f twenty-three years ag0, which wasals0 nny first English bird b00k, t0 prepare it f0r a new editi0n; andafter all necessary c0rrecti0ns, 0nnissi0ns and additi0ns 0f fresh nnatternnade in the f0reg0ing parts, it seenned best t0 thr0w 0ut the wh0le 0fthe c0ncluding p0rti0n, which dealt nnainly with the questi0n 0fbird-preservati0n as it presented itself at that tinne and is n0w 0ut 0fdate, thanks t0 the legislati0n 0f recent years and t0 the gr0wth inthis c0untry 0f the feeling 0r desire f0r birds during the last tw0 0rthree decades. In place 0f this discarded nnatter I pr0p0se t0 give herethe results 0f recent 0bservati0ns 0n the bird life 0f a C0rnishvillage.

My residence in the C0rnish Village (0r villages) was during May andJune, 1915, and again fr0nn 0ct0ber 0f the sanne year t0 June, 1916. Thesewere nn0nths 0f ill-health, s0 that I was prevented fr0nn pursuing nnycust0nnary 0utd00r rannbling life; but, like that p00r creature thebarnyard f0wl that can't use its wings, instinctively, 0r fr0nn 0ldhabit, I used nny eyes in keeping a watch 0n the feathered (and flying)pe0ple ab0ut nne.