vi Preface. 



help in opening out to many a very great 

 source of interest : while, at the same, time it 

 may aid in rendering the treatment of birds 

 more natural, and in making them more happy, 

 when we, for our pleasure, keep them in con- 

 finement. 



Whiteheatfs Grove, Chelsea, 

 Sept. 24f/2, 1861. 



