To the R E A D E R. 



the toung ; and whatever elfe is either Pkafant or 

 Neceffary to he kmwn concerning them. 



And to render it ftiU more Ufeful and Entertuin- 

 ing i there are added the Figures of the Cock, Hen^ 

 land Egg of each Sort, exaElly copied from Nature : 

 'This laft very Pleafanty and fuitable Addition, which 

 is univerfaUy Delightful to all Perfons, is wanting 

 in the Books that have been hitherto fublifhed on this 

 SuhjeEi : Befides thefe, the Reader will find fome 

 Obfervations not to be met with in any Author, 1 

 do not fay this to under-value any other Mans Work^ 

 NOy there are fome good Performances of this kind £x- 

 tant ; and to which I own my f elf in fome few Par- 

 tkulars a Debtor ; and had they exhibited the Figures 

 of the Birds, 3cc. as is here done, it would have an^ 

 ticifated my Defign, 



1 {hall obferve nothing more concerning what has 

 been done by others -, and as to this Treatife, only Wijh 

 thai my Readers may receive the SatiifaBion thdt 

 was intended by the fincere Endeavours of their 



Moft humble Servant, 



A Lover of Birds, 



