THE 



BIRDS OF THE AIR, 



IN a little book which I put forth, not long 

 ago, called " VISIT TO THE MENAGERIE," I have 

 given an account of the most interesting of 

 the Quadrupeds. Some of my little friends, 

 who have read that book, desire that it should 

 be accompanied by another, in which the birds 

 of the air are described and figured ; and it is 

 in compliance with their wishes that I now 

 commence this little Book of Birds. I will give 

 in it an account of all the most remarkable 

 birds, with well-drawn pictures, showing their 

 form ; and I will tell such stories and anecdotes 

 about them as may occur to me as I go on, 



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