IV PREFACE. 



further efforts are required to increase its circulation. 

 Erom the nature of the case, it cannot be expected to vie 

 in this respect with periodicals of less limited scope ; but 

 it is believed that there are many persons, deeply inter- 

 ested in Ornithology, who would willingly support this 

 Journal, were they but aware of the character of the 

 papers it contains. For this reason the Editor hopes 

 that all readers of ' The Ibis ' will do their utmost to 

 make its objects more fully known among such of their 

 friends as are likely to contribute to its success, while, 

 on his part, he promises not to relax his endeavours to 

 maintain for the New the high repute which the First 



Series earned. 



A. N. 



Magdalene College, Cambridge. 

 September 1865. 



