PLATE Xr. 



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Here is another picture, more beautiful, if possible, than N'o. X. 

 It comprises some of the most ornamental, and some of the most 

 substantially useful birds that help to adorn our landscape. Many 

 Avho read this book will have no opportunity to see the graceful 

 swans that adorn the ponds in Central Park, New York. Let them 

 stud}- these life-pictures. The peacock is more common, yet many 

 will get their first idea of its appearance from this picture. The 

 Hong-Kong goose is also rare, and so are some of the ducks, and in 

 many places the Guinea fowls are unknown. The tui-key is com- 

 mon, still his likeness adds to the beauty of this scene. 



