THE 
BIRDS OF THE AIR. 
In a little book which I put forth, not long 
ago, called “Visit to the Menagerie,” I have 
given an account of the most interesting of 
the Quadrupeds. Some of my little friends, 
who have read that book, desire that it should 
be accompanied by another, in which the birds 
of the air are described and figured ; and it is 
in compliance with their wishes that I now 
commence this little Book of Birds. I will give 
in it an account of all the most remarkable 
birds, with well-drawn pictures, showing their 
form ; and I will tell such stories and anecdotes 
about them as may occur to me as I go on. 
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