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attention as well as Birds, and he trusts that in future more appreciation may be shown of their attractions than has been exhibited during the past year.
It is very gratifying, also, to find that the number of subscribers has considerably increased, for this fact testifies to the growth of the taste for, and of the study of, that branch of Natural History which it is the object of this journal to advance.
It is confidently hoped that as the present series progresses the encouragement hitherto received from both subscribers and contributors will in no degree abate.
1st December, 1877.
