enumerated, and T would refer readers desirous of further infor- 
mation to the splendid collection of Ornithological works in the 
Library of the Zoological Society. 
As on the former occasion, the present edition has had the 
benefit of revision by Professor Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., ete., 
and by Dr. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., to whom I owe a 
sincere debt of gratitude. 
For much kind assistance in the preparation of this Handa- 
book, both in its first and second editions, I have to thank those 
who have corresponded with me on the subject, including Dr. 
Sclater, the late Mr. Seebohm, Rev. H. Macpherson, Mr. Jamrach, 
Mr. Harting, Mr. F. E. Blaauw, the Comte de Montlézun, the Rev. 
Hubert Astley, the Duchess of Bedford, together with many others. 
The addition of a Glossary of Terms, and some excellent 
Litustrations by Mr. Frohawk, will, I hope, render the present 
edition more complete than tts predecessor, and for the errors 
which may no doubt be found in the book, I would ask the 
indulgence of my readers, as circumstances have compelled me to 
dictate (instead of myself writing) the whole of the present volume. 
I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to the numerous 
Standard Authors and Scientific Works, both English and Foreign, 
which have furnished me with material for my littl Handbook. 
T trust that quotations have tn every case been properly acknow- 
ledged, and would present my apologies for any instance where 
this tribute may have been inadvertently omttted. 
ROSE E. HUBBARD. 
November, 1907. 
