vi INTRODUCTION. 



Mr. Burroughs is confessedly the most graphic and en- 

 tertaining of our authors on Ornithology. I regret that 

 I had not seen his book, " Wake Kobin," before this 

 volume was in type, as the perusal of it would have 

 improved my own pages. 



I would remind the reader that some parts of my 

 book have previously appeared in print. 



WILSON FLAGG. 



