XCVl 
INTRODUCTION, 
each enumerated a few of our birds. But thesft 
from the nature of the publications in which the/ j 
have been introduced, can be considered only 
catalogues of names, without the detail of specific | 
particulars, or the figured and coloured represeO' 
tations of the birds themselves. This task, tb* 
hardest of all, has been reserved for one of 
inferior abilities, but not of less zeal. With tb^ 
example of many solitary individuals, in otb^^l 
countries, who have succeeded in such an enter*' 
prize, he has cheerfully engaged in the undertaking> 
trusting for encouragement solely to the fideli*^? 
with which it will be conducted. 
