XIV PREFACE. 
names fhall be given in feveral Ewropean lan=. 
guages *; and we fhall conclude with a brief, 
but fufficient defcription, adding at the fame 
time, the various ufes, and natural hiitory of 
each individual. _ 
If this plan fucceeds, in promoting the 
knowledge of nature in this kingdom, we 
fhall think ourfelves amply rewarded. Could 
our exhortations avail, we fhould recommend 
this ftudy moft earneftly to every country gen- 
tleman. To thofe of an active turn, we might 
fay, that fo pleafing and ufeful an employ- 
ment would relieve the sedium arifing from: a 
famenefs of diverfions; every object would 
produce fome new obfervation, and while they 
might feem only to gratify themfelves with a 
prefent indulgence, they would be laying up 
a fund of ufeful knowlege; they would find 
their ideas infenfibly enlarged, till they com- 
prehended the whole of domeftic ceconomy, 
and the wife order of Providence. 
To thofe of a fedentary difpotion, this ftudy 
would not only prove agreeable, but falutary: 
men of that turn of mind are with difficulty 
drawn from their books, to partake of the ne- 
ceffary enjoyments of air and exercife; and 
even when thus compelled, they profit lefs by 
* In the ornithology the European names are prefixed to 
the author referred to in the fynonyms, 
Ttatian to Aldrovand, Olina, or Zinanni. 
French Briffon 
German Gefner or Kramer 
Swedifh the Fauna Suecica 
Danifh and Norwegian Brunnich. 
