PEEFACE. 



This volume treats exclusively of birds, and coutains 

 only what has already been printed in the "Birds and 

 Seasons of ]N"ew England," omitting those general essays 

 which are contained in the first volume of this series, 

 entitled " Halcyon Days." The reader will perceive that 

 the present classification makes each volume perfectly 

 unique, and not miscellaneous, as published by James E. 

 Osixood & Co. 



