PREFACE. 



A detailed description of all the different species adapted 

 ior turning out, and of the various hybrids and crosses 

 ■between them, is then given; and the work concludes 

 with accounts of the ornamental species, such as the Gold, 

 Silver, and Amherst pheasants, and the best methods of 

 their management in aviaries. 



Of the admirable engravings which illustrate the volume 

 I may remark, in the words of Izaak Walton, " Next let me 

 add this, that he that likes not the book should like the 

 •excellent pictures .... which I may take a liberty 

 to commend, because they concern not myself." 



W. B. TBGBTMEIBR. 



NOETH FiNCHLET, N. 



