lv PREFACE. 
attention as well as Birds, and he trusts that in future 
- more appreciation may be shown of their attractions 
than has been exhibited durimg the past year. 
It is very gratifying, also, to find that the number 
of subscribers has considerably increased, for this fact 
testifies to the growth of the taste for, and of the 
study of, that branch of Natural History which it is 
the object of this journal to advance. 
It is confidently hoped that as the present series 
progresses the encouragement hitherto received from 
both subscribers and contributors will in no degree 
abate. 
Ist December, 1877. 
