PREFACE. Vll 



enable the proprietors of Museums to remedy these 

 defects, and another also — incorrect nomenclature. 

 This subject has been fully discussed in the follow- 

 ing pages, and those who take an interest in the sub- 

 ject will be gratified by an article thereon in No. 12, 

 of the Analyst. 



I have thought that the utility of our public mu- 

 seums would be greatly increased if books treating 

 of the different departments were placed within the 

 reach of all. On Ornithology I should recommend 

 Selby's British Ornithology, and Mudie's Feathered 

 Tribes — the two best works which have yet appeared 

 on the subject. 



In fine, I sincerely hope and trust that this little 

 volume will meet with indulgence, and be treated 

 with that fairness with which I have endeavoured to 

 judge the works herein reviewed. I may now men- 

 tion that this is merely the forerunner of a more ex- 

 tensive undertaking in preparation, and I shall be 

 most happy to receive any communication on Orni- 

 thology, or Natural History in general, directed, for 

 C. T. W., care of Neville Wood, Foston Hall, Derby. 

 Such communications will be gratefully received and 

 duly acknowledged. 



C. T. Wood. 



September 24, 1835. 



