16 A WORD AT THE START. 



tifying any animal to which I have referred under its com- 

 mon or local name. 



If these " notes," the gatherings of many years, shall 

 serve to amuse or instruct my young readers, or those of 

 maturer years, if any such there be, then I shall be quite 

 satisfied with having preserved that which is here given 

 to the public. 



C. C. A. 



PROSPECT HILL, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, March 1, 1884. 



