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PREFACE. ix 
St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Eugene Bicknell, and Mr. Geo. B. Sennett, of New York City, 
Captain Charles Bendire, of the National Museum, Prof. W. W. Cooke, Mr. B. F. Gault, 
of Chicago, Judge J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, Conn., and other ornithologists I have 
often cited. Among our best ornithological writers the name of Mr. John Burroughs 
will always be mentioned. His little volume, ‘‘Wake-Robin,” has an enduring value, and 
I have freely quoted from its pages. To all these well-known ornithologists, to whom 
I am attached by sincere friendship, I tender herewith my sincerest thanks. The poets 
Mr. E. J. Loomis, of the U. §. Navy Department, and Dr. W. L. Shoemaker have con- 
tributed to the pages of this work a number of excellent poems. Miss Hilda Siller and 
Mr. Frank Siller, of this city, have translated several poems from the German, and 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Zimmermann, of Paso Robles, Cal., Mrs. Anna Sprinkmann, of this 
city, and General Konrad Krez have assisted me in different ways in my labor. 
Special thanks I owe to Ex-Governor Francis A. Hoffmann, Jefferson, Wis., Misses 
Hedwig and Else Schlichting, Mr. Chr. Koerner, and Mr. Frank Siller, all of this city, 
for their most valuable services and many kindnesses rendered me in writing this book. 
In this connection I must also mention the names of Prof. S. C. Sargent, editor 
of the exquisite periodical, ‘‘Garden and Forest,” Dr. G. Bird Grinnell, editor of ‘‘Forest 
and Stream,” Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, Mrs. Mary Treat, and Prof. Geo. W. Peckham, 
Superintendent of Schools, Milwaukee. 
Prof. Robert Ridgway’s plates illustrating this work are of such beautiful and 
poetical execution, that they require no commendation. The plates furnished by G. 
Muetzel and Prof. A. Goering are also fully entitled to the highest praise. 
Milwaukee, January 1, 1893. 
THE AUTHOR. 
