PREFACE 



TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



THE First Edition of this work having been 

 exhausted within a few weeks of its appearance, 

 I have carefully revised this the second. 



Appended is a Classified Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Manitoba and British Columbia, Pro- 

 vinces which now form a portion of the Dominion 

 of Canada. 



A Synopsis of the Birds of Canada, with 

 Common and Technical Names, will be found 

 at the end of the work. 



I am much indebted to those of my scientific 

 and literary friends who have reviewed this work 

 favorably or otherwise, especially to the latter, 

 for many valuable suggestions. 



With the hope that this edition will meet \vith 

 the same generous approval and patronage as 

 the first, I place it in the hands of my Publishers. 



A. M. R. 



EVERGREEN GROVE, 



Toronto, July, 1872, 



