PREFACE. 



OINCE the first edition of this little work 

 appeared, many foreign birds have been 

 introduced into England, which were scarcely 

 known in this country, except perhaps to Orni- 

 thological Societies or scientific collectors : all 

 that haye become well known in the bird- 

 rooms or cages of amateurs, have been noticed 

 in the present edition, which has been revised 

 throughout, and considerably enlarged ; and due 

 mention has been made of the important dis- 

 coveries of Dr. Karl Russ, and other German 

 naturalists, that many of the small Finches, and 

 other foreign birds, could be successfully reared 

 in confinement. 



LONDON, 



July, 1878. 



