“yj 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 or Natura History, 
March, 1901. 
