Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I hope, therefore - notwithstanding the numerous existing volumes dealing in some form or other with the representa tion of Nature by means of the camera - that room will be found for this volume. If it should also be the means of reviving stereoscopic work in the direction of Nature Photography I shall be highly gratified. The illustrations have been selected from a very large number in my collection, and every one has been photographed direct from Nature by myself. The stereoscopic ones should, of course, be seen through a stereoscope. I desire to express my heartiest thanks to all those friends who have assisted me by finding subjects, acquainted me with the whereabouts of curious nests, or helped in other ways.

I hope, therefore — notwithstanding the numerous existing volumes dealing in some form or other with the representa tion of Nature by means of the camera — that room will be found for this volume. If it should also be the means of reviving stereoscopic work in the direction of Nature Photography I shall be highly gratified. The illustrations have been selected from a very large number in my collection, and every one has been photographed direct from Nature by myself. The stereoscopic ones should, of course, be seen through a stereoscope. I desire to express my heartiest thanks to all those friends who have assisted me by finding subjects, acquainted me with the whereabouts of curious nests, or helped in other ways.