﻿ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 



PART II. 



ON THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOMENCLATURE, AND 

 PRESERVATION OF BIRDS. 



CHAPTER I. 



AN ENUMERATION OF THE CHIEF WORKS ON ORNITHOLOGY, 

 WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY REMARKS. 



(164.) As it is our wish to render this volume of our 

 ornithological treatise as complete an introduction to 

 the science as is requisite for all scientific and practical 

 purposes, we shall, in the following pages, touch upon 

 some few points upon which the student will desire in- 

 formation. The view we shall now take of the Biblio- 

 graphy of Ornithology will bring before him those works 

 most essensial to possess or to consult, and this will 

 naturally lead to some observations on the present state of 

 the science. We shall then, under the head of nomen- 

 clature, enumerate those u rules and regulations," most 

 of which, by having the sanction of the highest names 

 in zoological science, are already considered as aphorisms. 

 Lastly, we shall give such concise and practical directions 

 for the preservation of birds as will enable any one to 

 commence a collection, however far he may be removed 

 from civilised countries, and from the means of acquiring 

 the niceties and elaborate processes of Taxidermy. All 

 these subjects are intimately connected with this intro- 

 duction to the science ; which is addressed, alike, to the 

 philosophic ornithologist, the student, and the amateur. 



(165.) To form a just estimate on the state of any 

 branch of natural history at a given period, it is neces- 



