ADVERTISEMENT. IX 



The illustrations are all designed and drawn on wood 

 from nature, by the author, with two exceptions, " the 

 Bittern," and " the Yellow Perch," which were copied 

 from correct representations, owing to the impossibility 

 of procuring specimens at the moment when they were 

 required. It is believed that they will be found correct 

 as zoological representations ; while the beautiful and 

 elaborate work of Messrs. Brightly and Devereux's 

 gravers cannot fail to obtain the admiration it merits. 



I have only to acknowledge my obligations to the 

 officers of the Lyceum of Natural History, in Philadel- 

 phia, and to Mr. Bell, the celebrated Taxidermist in New 

 York, for the facilities they have kindly afforded me in 

 obtaining specimens for this and former works ; and to 

 submit my little work to the consideration of my friends 

 of ihe sporting world, and the larger circle of the read- 

 ing public. 



HENRY WM. HERBERT. 



January 10, 1853. 



