vi PREFACE TO POPULAR COLORED EDITION. 



like the Crow and Robin, with which every one is familiar, 

 as well as those, like the Cardinal and Scarlet Tanager, 

 whose identity can be ascertained beyond question by 

 descriptions, and to introduce in their places birds with 

 which beginners are less apt to be familiar, thereby 

 increasing the educational value of the illustrations. 



F. M. C. 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 

 March, 1901. 



