Excerpt from The Ibis, 1861, Vol. 6: A Magazine of General Ornithology IN concluding the sixth and last volume of the present Series of the ibis, ' the Editor has to acknowledge with unfeigned gratitude the kind support he has met with from the many Naturalists who have honoured him with contributions to its pages. The result has been that six volumes have been produced, which, as the Editor be lieves, contain an amount of information as regards nearly every branch of Ornithology such as has never been before brought together in one work, and at the same time form a tolerably complete record of the progress of this science during the last six years. It is not without sincere regret that the Editor finds himself compelled, by the heavy pressure of other duties, to resign his office at the termination of the present volume. Such regret, however, is much lessened by the fact that his friend Mr. Alfred newton has kindly acceded to the request of the British Ornithological Union to become the editor of a new Series of this Journal. Mr. Newton, as the readers of 'the ibis must be well aware, is a gentleman in every way qualified to perform thistask, and in his behalf the present Editor requests all the contributors to, and readers of 'the ibis to continue to the new Series of this Journal the support they have hitherto conferred upon it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.