PREFACE. 



with some account of the (ji-uaiiieutal specioW;, siicli as the 

 Golden, Silver, and Amherst pheasants, and nl' their niana,yo- 

 nieut in aviaries. 



( )f the admirable engravings wliieh illustrate the volume 

 I may remark, in the words of Izaak \'\'^alt(jn, " Next let me 

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

 oxcelleut pictures .... which 1 may take a liberty 

 to commend, Ix'cause they concern not myself." 



Ill the preparation of this, the fifth, edition in my uinety- 

 hfth year, I have had necessarily to avail myself of the 

 assistance of others. The chapter on Diseases has been revised 

 and brought up to date liy Dr. H. Hammond iSmitli, wIkj, 

 when failing eyesight compelled me to reliu((uish pa,tliological 

 reseai'ch a, few years agx), ably tilled the l)reach. His 

 coiitributi(_ins to our knowledge of the subject, most valuable 

 ill themselves, ho has freely and generously placed at my 

 dis|x)sal. I am also greatly indebted to ilr. J. I'J. Harting 

 for his kind assistance in revising the proof sheets, for 

 which his intimate acquaintance with ornithology renders 

 him specially qualified. 



W. B. TEGETMEIER. 



