Preface 



The cordial reception given this volume has exhausted 

 the first edition. Believing that the work here recorded 

 should be perpetuated and its influence extended, a sec- 

 ond edition has been published. This edition has the 

 added attractiveness of sixteen full color plates, by which 

 the characteristics of as many birds may be observed. For 

 the use of these plates the publishers are indebted to Mr. 

 Charles K. Reed, Worcester, Mass., author and publisher 

 of "Water Birds/' "Land Birds/' and other works. 



The publication of this compilation has been made possi- 

 ble by the courtesy of those authors and publishers who have 

 generously permitted the use of their copyrighted material. 



The selections from the writings of Longfellow, Whit- 

 tier, Emerson, Lowell, Holmes, Burroughs, Aldrich, Thor- 

 eau, Stedman, Celia Thaxter, Lucy Larcom, Frank Bolles, 

 Bradford Torrey, Olive Thome Miller, Florence Merriam, 

 Trowbridge and Minot are used by permissoin of and 

 special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company. 



D. Appleton & Co., Doubleday, Page & Co., The Educa- 

 tional Publishing Co., Little, Brown & Co., The J. P. Lippin- 

 cott Co., Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Charles Scribner's Sons, 

 Harper and Brothers, have allowed the use of extracts from 

 the books mentioned in connection with their names in the 

 bibliography, while Messrs. Eben E. Rexford and Ernest 

 Thompson Seton have kindly consented to the use of those 

 selections which bear their names. Such material of Dr. 

 Charles Conrad Abbott and Mr. John Burroughs as is not 

 controlled by publishers is used by the courtesy of these 

 gentlemen. The compiler is also indebted to Messrs. H. R. 

 Gibbs, John G. Thompson and Henry T. Bailey for valuable 



assistance. 



ABBY P. CHURCHILL. 



FEBRUARY, 1911. 



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