X OV BIRDS. 



tnoes of oonfignration, colour, and habits; but the grand 

 distinctionB are so few that a tolerably correct idea of this 

 part of the animal kingdom may be formed, even by snch 

 a general and succinct view as that which we propose to 

 give to the reader; and we hope, by enlivening our descrip- 

 tions with occasional illustrative anecdotes, to render om 

 iMonnt interesting as well as instmotiTa. 



