INTRODUCTION TO SECOND 

 EDITION. 



The introduction to the first edition of this 

 book may stand as originally written, save for a 

 word or two. 



In sending out the second edition, so soon 

 after the first, some statements should be made 

 to students and readers of the book. 



Three weeks after the first edition was given 

 to the public, the Text Book Commission of the 

 State of Oregon selected " A First Book upon 

 the Birds of Oregon and Washington " for " Sup- 

 plementary Reading " in the public schools of 

 the State. Such action at once made necessary 

 a new edition, to meet a demand far beyond that 

 anticipated in printing the first one. It was 

 almost unavoidable that a book, which was not 

 only " a " but tJie " First Book upon the Birds of 

 Oregon and Washington," should be imperfect 

 and deficient, not alone on account of the 



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