IV INTRODUCTION. 



tion of the results of experience, which may, 

 perhaps, be a guide to the uninitiated in the 

 rearing and education of cage and singing 

 birds. 



Such a treatise has often been asked for, 

 and in attempting to supply the want, but 

 one difficulty has been experienced, that of 

 maintaining brevity and conciseness ; for, on 

 such a subject, it is far easier to write a 

 volume than a single sheet. 



Without farther apology, this effort is sub- 

 mitted to the public, premising, that the 

 defects are to be attributed to the author, the 

 merits exclusively to the attractive subject. 



