2 PREFACE. 



guarantee to the Public, that although the present publication 

 is a periodical, the subjects for the whole work are already in 

 the possession of the Author. In the course of the work will 

 be mentioned such modes of treating the different species of 

 birds in captivity, as the Author has found most suitable, in 

 order that the poor prisoners may not suffer more than ne- 

 cessary from the love of those who keep them, either for the 

 sake of their song or of their beauty, and also that the trouble 

 and care thus bestowed upon them may not be without its 

 reward to the possessor. 



