PREFACE. 



pay its expenses, remains to be seen, and in fact must 

 depend entirely on the support it meets with from orni- 

 thologists, both British and foreign. We therefore call 

 upon all those who are interested in our branch of 

 Natural History, both at home and abroad, to give us 

 assistance in extending the circulation of our Magazine ; 

 in return for which we shall be happy to receive their 

 communications and give publicity to their discoveries, 

 and we shall do our best to keep them acquainted with 

 the progress of ornithological science in all parts of the 

 globe. 



PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER 



{Edito)-). 

 11, Hanover Square, 

 Oct. 1859. 



