ADVERTISEMENT. ix 
| The illustrations are all designed and drawn on wood 
from nature, by the author, with two exceptions, “ the 
Bittern,” and “the Yellow Perch,” which were copied 
from correct representations, owing to the impossibility 
of procuring specimens at the moment when they were 
required. It is believed that they will be found correct 
as zoological representations ; while the beautiful and 
elaborate work of Messrs. Brightly and Devereux’s 
gravers cannot fail to obtain the admiration it merits. 
I have only to acknowledge my obligations to the 
officers of the Lyceum of Natural History, in Philadel- 
phia, and to Mr. Bell, the celebrated Taxidermist in New 
York, for the facilities they have kindly afforded me in 
obtaining specimens for this and former works; and to 
submit my little work to the consideration of my friends 
of the sporting world, and the larger circle of the read- 
ing public. 
r Henry Wm. Herpert. 
January 10, 1853. 
