THE 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



SECT. I. OBJECT AND ORIGIN OF THE WORK, 



THE object of this little volume is to render the 

 study of that portion of nature of which it treats 

 more inviting, more easy, and more instructive, espe- 

 cially to the young, and still more especially to those 

 who devote the intervals of business or labour to that 

 most delightful of all sports self-improvement, but 



