INTRODUCTION. Vll 



with a large number of them, through the many }'ears that 

 it has been my privilege to give them instructions in zool- 

 ogy, that it owes its existence. I have long seen most clearly 

 that such a book is needed by them in the lessons which they 

 are now called to give to their pupils, and that need I have 

 now endeavored to supply. If in the writing of it I have added 

 one iota to the happily growing sentiment for the protection of 

 of our native birds, which has been so nobly fostered by our 

 school teachers, I shall feel amply repaid. 



I have added on the following page a diagram of a bird, 

 giving the names of some of the parts which are mentioned 

 in this work. 



