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PREFACE. 
For a third time the members of the British Ornitho¬ 
logists’ Union have the pleasing task of offering their 
sincere thanks for the assistance they have received 
from the public, as well as for the support rendered 
to them by more intimate friends. 
In conducting ‘The Ibis/ the principal object has 
been to combine the labours of the two schools of 
Ornithologists, which, not many years ago, seemed to 
possess so little in common. It is hoped that this 
union has been promoted, if not effected, by blending 
in one periodical the records of observation in the field 
with those of study in the closet. 
Fully confident that the favours hitherto accorded to 
‘ The Ibis ’ will be continued by the Ornithologists of 
other lands, its Editor invites the active cooperation of 
his fellow countrymen, and trusts that they will favour 
him with frequent contributions to its pages. 
PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER 
(Editor). 
11, Hanover Square, 
Oct. 1st, 1861. 
