NOTICE BY THE TRANSLATOR 



THE work of Dr. BECHSTEIN upon CAGE BIRDS has 

 been so highly esteemed on the Continent that it has 

 passed through several editions, both in the original and in 

 translations. Besides rendering as faithfully as care could 

 effect, the interesting details of the author, numerous notes 

 have been added, as well as several species introduced, 

 which have recently been kept with success in this country 

 by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Herbert, Mr. Sweet, Mr. 

 Blyth, and others. The mode of management also pecu- 

 liar to these, and so different in some points from that 

 recommended by Dr. Bechstein, has been given in detail. 

 ft is to be hoped that this translation may have similar 

 success, and produce similar effects in increasing the taste 

 for Natural History, which the original has had on the 

 Continent. It is proper to add, that the drawings of 

 cages, which illustrate this edition, were selected by per- 

 mission of Mr. Cato, Holborn Bridge, from the numerous 

 elegant specimens which his stock contains. 



LONDON, 

 November 1837. 



