HPREFUCE.h 



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 

 generation. It will advocate and sustain the taking of 

 specimens when necessary for identification, also for 

 collections \vhen from regions of plenty, but it will sug- 

 gest other methods equally practicable to those who 

 object to destroying life, and cultivate a love of bird 

 life about our homes, and a desire to* increase rare 

 birds by introduction 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 gen- 

 eral reader. 



JOS. M. W^ADE. 



Norwich, Conn., Feb. 15, 1882. 



