TO HIS TWO BOYS ESPECIALLY, 
WHO HAVE HELPED HIM IN OBSERVING AND HAVE 
STIMULATED HIM IN STUDY, 
AND TO THE 
YOUNGER STUDENTS OF THE NATION GENERALLY, 
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR, 
BECAUSE, 
AS HERE AND THERE HE HAS SPOKEN TO THEM OF BIRDS, 
HE HAS FOUND IN THEIR BRIGHT FACES AND PATIENT INTEREST 
HIS GREATEST INSPIRATION, 
