.■>->4 PREFACE. !-<-<-» 



The object of this magazine is to collect and dissem- 

 inate a knowledge of Bird Life, and cultivate a desire for 

 observation in Ornithology and Oology in the rising gen- 

 eration, and place on record their discoveries and obser- 

 vations. It AA/ill sustain the taking of specimens when 

 necessary for identification, also for collections when 

 from regions of plenty, but it will suggest other methods 

 of identification equally practicable to those ^vho object 

 to destroying life, and cultivate a love of Bird Life about 

 our homes, and a desire to increase rare birds by intro- 

 duction rather than kill off those that venture among 

 us. It will avoid the technical as much as possible, and 

 make itself fully understood by the general reader. 



JOS. M. WADE. 



Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1884. 



