"This Book was written to supply a definite need.
Its primary purpose is to interest the little child in, and to make him acquainted with, those feathered fri.
As such, and in no sense whatever as a competitor with the many excellent books on this subject, but rather to supplement these, this volume has been written.
Its preparation was undertaken at the urgent request of booksellers and others who have felt the lack of a satisfactory medium of introduction to Bird life for little children. "This Book was written to supply a definite need