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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



anceship with some feathered bit of flying 

 life, but in real friendship; there cannot be 

 the formality of a society call, but one 

 should, by frequent visits, be well enough 



The birds described in the book, though 

 studied from the Western forms, are for 

 the most part those widely distributed types 

 known all over the United States, and the 



" Granny " — a portrait of -\ half-grown Barn Owl. 



acquainted to drop in at any time without 

 interfering with the daily affairs of family 

 life .... We must understand that a 

 beast or bird is interesting for its own wild 

 sake." 



book is interesting and instructive to dwell- 

 ers on the Atlantic side of the continent no 

 less than to those in Mr. Finley's "stamping- 

 grounds" of Oregon and California. This 

 is his first book, and, having read it with 



