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the fresh air of the mountain, the Avoodland, and 

 the moor: in his delightful pages we see the bird, 

 and not the dried and lifeless skin ; we follow the 

 living creature in all its peregrinations ; sympathize 

 in its loves, rivalries, sorrows, pains, and pleasures, 

 and thus become fascinated without feeling indebted 

 to the Author : we see Nature as she is, and not 

 as her professed admirers wish to make her. The 

 strict, undeviating, and rigorous adherence to truth, 

 apparent throughout the work, gives the reader a 

 confidence and assurance not often experienced to 

 so full an extent. 



Many editions have been given of this work. 

 Those best known are, 1st, the original edition; 

 2nd, Jardine's edition, 3 vols. 8vo. 1832, £S 3s. 

 uncolored ; £6 6s. with colored plates; and 3rd, 

 Jameson's edition, 4 vols. 12mo. In addition to the 

 9 vols, quarto of the original edition, 4 more were 

 added in continuation by C. L. Bonaparte, as 

 celebrated in Ornithology, as his uncle was in 

 butchery. Wilson will continue to be read with 

 delight while Natural History continues to have 

 charms. He was born July 6th, 1766, and died 

 August 23rd, 1813. 



Cage Birds ; their Natural History, Management, Habits, Food, 

 Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the methods of catching them. 

 By John Matthew Bechstein, M.D. Translated from the 

 German, with notes by the Translator. Crown 8vo. 1834, 10s. 6d. 



The former work was devoted to the elucidation of 

 the natural habits of birds, and this to their domestic 



