Naturalists' Agency. '6 



BIRDS of the Northwest. A Hand-Book of 

 American 0rnithology, containing Accounts of all the Birds 

 Inhabiting the Great Missouri Valley, ami many others: to- 

 gether representing a large majority of the Birds of North America, 

 with copious Biographical details from personal observation, and 

 an extensive Synonomy. By Elliott Coues, M. D. 8vo. 791 

 pages. Cloth, $4.50. 



COUET Field Ornithology. Field Ornithol- 

 ogy, Comprising a Manual of Instruction on Collecting, Pre- 

 paring and Preserving Birds, with which is issued a Check 

 List of North American birds. By Elliott Coues, M. D. Svo. 

 Cloth, $2.50. 



This manual takes the student into the field, and tells him all 

 about practical ornithology, how to shoot, skin and stuff birds; 

 how to crpiip himself most conveniently and effectively; how to 

 acquire woodcraft and qualify himself to be a good working Orni- 

 thologist. Avoiding all technicalities, it tells him, in familiar 

 style, all he wants t > know about the matter; it is full of the most 

 useful, practical directions an 1 suggestions for field work, covering 

 the wbol#ground, and treating of a wider range of topics than 

 have before been presented in this connection The portion on 

 TAXIDERMY is especially minute and detailed in its accounts of 

 the manipulations which enable one to make the greatest number 

 of skins, in the best manner and.shortest time; how to pack, trans- 

 port and preserve them, and how to take c^.re of the cabinet. 

 With this work in hand no one need hesitate to undertake the 

 business of collecting for want of knowing how to begin, nor for 

 fear of bcim* unsuccessful. It also treats fully of the collection of 

 Nests and Eggs, and of various collateral matters. The student 

 will find himself taught everything he need know from the cleans- 

 ing of a soiled feather or mending of a broken egg, up to the gen- 

 eral qualifications for success. 



COUE3' Check List of Birds. A Check List 

 of North American Birds. By Elliott Coues, M. D. The 



check list gives the common and scientific names of all spe- 

 cies and varieties of birds, known to inhabit North America, ar- 

 ranged in a generally accepted sequence, named in accordance with 

 the " Key," and so printed on only one side of the pajze, as to be 

 susceptable of use in neatly labelling collections. Svo. 73 cts. 



FLOWER Object Lessons. Or First Lessons 

 in Botany. A familiar description of a few (lowers. From 

 the French of M. Emm. Lb Maout. Translated by Miss A. 

 L. Pack. lumo. cloth, .50. 



This little work of fifty-five pages, illustrated by forty-seven 

 woodcuts, has been translated for the purpo:c of placing within the 

 reach of those interested in object teaching a manual that is most 

 admirably adapted for the purpose, and is offered to parents and 

 teachers with the belief that it fully supplies a gap in the literature 

 of our country. 



