LITERARY AND I'.K IGRAPHICAL. 



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in 200 pages, — especially so in view of the 

 fact that the author includes marine birds, 

 tides, etc. 



The Game Mammals of the United Stales. 



By Major R. W. Shulfeldt, Medical 

 Department of Army (retired), Corres- 

 ponding Member Zoological Society, 

 London, etc. 



This work was completed by Doctor Shul- 

 feldt during the autumn of 1907, and finding 

 that he could make better terms for its pub- 

 lication in Europe than he could in America, 

 he sought a foreign publisher. The work 



In the treatment of this subject the author 

 has adopted the pari scientific and part pop- 

 ular method. There is a general chapter on 

 the Mammalia; and others on classification; 

 geographical distribution; morphology, etc. 

 Complete accounts are given of ever\ game 

 mamma] in this country of every descrip- 

 tion, ranging all the way from the smallesl 

 squirrels to the heaviest game we have in 

 the land. In undertaking the work, Dr. 

 Shulfeldt brought to bear all his former ex- 

 perience as a naturalist in the field for 

 many years, in the Smithsonian Institution. 

 and the study of many private and public 

 collections of mammals in various parts of 



Photograph by Dr. Shulfeldt. 



RED SQUIRREL FROM LIFE. 



Specimen illustration of forthcoming volume on "The game mammals of the 

 United States. 



was at once accepted upon presentation, 

 and is now being translated by Dr. E. E. 

 Leonhardt into the German language. Dr. 

 Leonhardt is in charge of the Department 

 of Zoology of the Royal Zoological Museum 

 at Dresden, and also editor of the widely 

 known nature magazine "Natur und Haus." 

 The latter commenced the publication of 

 Dr. Shulfeldt's "Game Mammals" in parts 

 last April, printing a part in every fort- 

 nightly issue of the magazine. When it has 

 all thus appeared it will be re-issued (re- 

 vised) in one large royal quarto volume of 

 over 700 pages, and 100 half-tone engrav- 

 ings of the game mammals of North Amer- 

 ica, north of the Mexican boundary. A 

 specimen illustration of the work is pre- 

 sented with this notice. 



the country- Practically his studies of the 

 subject began over forty years ago and 

 rarely has he lost sight of them. 



Birdcraft: A bird book of two hundred 

 song,, game and water birds.) By Mabel 

 Osgood Wright. New York: The Mac- 

 millan Company. 



This is the seventh edition of this manual, 

 (first issued eleven years ago,) of identifi- 

 cation and description, by this famous or- 

 nithologist. The original illustrations by 

 Louis Agassiz Fuertes, are unexcelled in 

 modern bird drawings. In that class they 

 are supreme, and need no belittling of bird 

 photography to make them more so. 



