Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note: Obvious typos have been amended. Variations in spelling in the original text have been retained, except where usage frequency was used to determine the common spelling and/or hyphenation. These amendments are listed at the end of the text. Minor printer errors have been amended without note.
The Introduction has been added to this volume as per author intent in the Preface to Volume II. Color plates of individual birds have been relocated to follow the title of the bird. All color plates will enlarge with a mouse click while hovering over the plate.
The full Index from Volume II has been added to this volume with links only to pages within this volume. (It has also been added to the Table of Contents.) The same Index in Volume II has links only to pages within that volume.