Now all this correspondence is growing beyond our capacity 

 to deal with, and strangers who henceforth address us on matters 

 not coming within our province, as Editors, must forgive our 

 apparent want of courtesy in not replying. 



Enough of this grumbling. To each and all in life it falls 

 to take the bitter with the sweet, and we too have our sweets 

 in the constant assistance and generous sympathy and support 

 that we receive from all really interested in ornithology here, 

 and from a yearly growing number in Europe and America. 

 To all these kind friends, we can but inadequately express our 

 gratitude ; but if we say less, we feel all the more ; a want of 

 gratitude for all this too-little-merited kindness is not amono-st 

 our many shortcomings ; we do struggle hard in the midst of 

 many difficulties, and quite overweighted at times with other 

 and more important work, to make this journal useful to those 

 who are its primary supporters, and in every way we endeavour 

 to prove that whatever else we leave undone, we 



"Still on these words of the Bard keep a fixed eye, 

 lngratum si dixeris, omnia dixti." 



