ADDRESS. V 



SO that the beginner will not be at a loss in 

 that part of the business, which is one of the 

 most difficult things in breeding canaries for 

 show birds. Nothing, indeed, that I con- 

 sidered necessary have I left unsaid, but 

 have given every information which I either 

 possessed myself, or could procure from 

 others. I likewise beg to inform those 

 ladies and gentlemen, who are in the habit 

 of breeding canaries, that I have always a 

 selection of Fancy Birds, bred by the prin- 

 cipal bird-fanciers. 



In treating on the other song birds, I 

 have given short descriptions of a great 

 number that are but little known ; but 

 which having been mentioned by other 

 writers, I thought it would be wrong to 

 pass over unnoticed. On the more known 

 and celebrated warblers, I have, however, 

 been more diffuse, treating on the nightin- 



