Ane fe iC Be 
My object in presenting this volume to the 
public is in some measure to supply a want long 
felt by those interested in the study of Canadian 
Ornithology. 
This work is simply, as the title page states, 
a description of the habits, food, nests, eggs, 
times of arrival and departure of the birds of 
Canada. 
The birds described consist of the permanent 
and summer residents, and also such birds as 
regularly or accidentally stop in Canada during 
the spring and autumn migrations. 
I have in my collection (which has been made 
in Ontario) a specimen of each bird described, 
except a few of the sea birds that frequent the 
coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 
