PREFACE 



TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



MY object in presenting this volume to the 

 public is in some measure to supply a want long 

 felt by those interested in the study of Canadian 

 Ornithology. 



This work is simply, as the title page states, 

 a description of the plumage, habits, food, song, 

 nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure of the 

 birds of Canada. 



The birds described consist of the permanent 

 and summer residents, and also such birds as 

 regularly or accidentally stop in Canada during 

 the spring and autumn migrations. 



I have in my collection a specimen of each 

 bird described, except a few of the sea birds 

 that frequent the coasts of New Brunswick and 

 Nova Scotia. 



