For Help In planning this Book, For Sharing his Bird-Notes With The
Writer, And For A Critical Reading of The Manuscript, Acknowledgment
Should Be Made To Mr. Robert J. Sim. Certain Events In the Lives Of Eve
And Petro And Little Solomon Otus Are Told With Reference To His
Observations Of Eave-Swallows And Screech Owls; His Trip To An Island
Off The Maine Coast For Gull-Sketches Added greatly To An Acquaintance
With Larie; And But For His Six-Weeks' Visit With The Loons Of "Immer
Lake," Much Of The Story Of Gavia Could Not Have Been Told. Since Mr.
Sim Contributed not Only The Pictures To The Book, But Many Items Of
Interest To The Narrative, It Gives The Writer Pleasure To Acknowledge
His Coöperation, Both As Artist And As Field-Naturalist.
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