THE 



FACE 



TO 1^ H E 



E A D E R 



^ B ^H E Knowledge of Nature has been always a Study fo 

 •^ agreeable^ that it has been the Purfuit of the finefl 

 Genius'' s in all Ages. 'The greatefl Men have applied them- 



felves to it with the greatefl SatisfaBion to their own Minds 

 and InJlruSiion of the Publick^ to whom we are obliged 



for their Labour. 



I am perfuaded that thofe who perufe this Work^ will 

 be fatisfied that they never faw a Colleclion of Birds fo 

 intirely compleat in all its Branches as this is. 



I have ufed all poffible Care to come near to the Life 



in every particular Bird^ and have reprefented to every 



one's View the great Variety and Beauty of Colours of each^ 



.with the nearefl Approach to Nature that Art is capable 



of. 



