PREFACE. 
V 
pay its expenses, remains to be seen, and in fact must 
depend entirely on the support it meets with from orni¬ 
thologists, both British and foreign. We therefore call 
upon all those who are interested in our branch of 
Natural History, both at home and abroad, to give us 
assistance in extending the circulation of our Magazine; 
in return for which we shall be happy to receive their 
communications and give publicity to their discoveries, 
and we shall do our best to keep them acquainted with 
the progress of ornithological science in all parts of the 
globe. 
PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER 
( Edito?'). 
11, Hanover Square, 
Oct. 1859. 
