Naturalists' Agency. 5 



TNYERTEBRATES of Vineyard Sound. Report 



X upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adja- 

 cent Waters; with an Account of the Physical Features of 

 the Region, by Professors A. E. Veimjill and S. I. Smitii. 478 

 pa^cs Svo, with 38 plates Paper, $300.* 



This forms a very convenient and valuable Manual of the Marine 

 Zoology of the Atlantic Coast. It contains: 



1st. Popular descriptions of the animals of the entire southern 

 coasts of New England and New York, their habits, places of oc- 

 currence, etc, with detailed accounts of the oysters, clams, crabs, 

 lobsters, etc., etc., of various kinds directly useful or injurious to 

 man ; 



2d. Lists of the species found in the stomachs of fishes, showing 

 the food of our native fishes; 



3rd. Ilabits and netamorphoses of the lohsters and other Crusta- 

 cea; 



4th. Systematic catalogue of the invertebrates of southern New 

 England and adjacent waters, their synonymy, geographical and 

 geological distribution, with detailed descriptions of large numbers 

 of new species; and a copious Index and Table of Contents. The 

 number of species enumerated is 725. The plates include about 300 

 excellent figures. 



MINOT'S Birds of New England. Land- 

 Birds and Game-Birds of New England, with Descriptions 

 of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, their Ilabits and Mates. By 

 IT. D. Mi not. Illustrated by outline cuts. 456 pages, 8vo. Cloth, 

 $3.00. 



" The present treatise puts Mr. Minot foremost among the ' local' 

 writers on Ornithology in this country, and fairly in line with the 

 fewer ornithologists, whose works are citable as authoritative on the 

 general subject." — Nation. 



" Its merits entitle it to full recognition by ornithologists, while 

 they commend it very highly to the student and amateur."— Nuttall 

 Bulletin. 



" The author tells everything that is known about the birds of 

 which he writes, the simple and obvious, as well as the more ab- 

 struse not assuming, as too many writers upon such subjects do, 

 that his readers are already familiar with the elementary text-books 

 of science." — N. Y. Evening Post. 



"The newest student need not fear that Mr. Minot's book will he 

 beyond him, and need not hesitate to trust it implicitly; while the 

 advanced scholar or worker will find a store of information nowhere 

 more conveniently accessible. This is a work, which, in short, we 

 can confidently recommend to our readers as one with which they 

 cannot fail to be pleased. It probably gives more for the money 

 than any one now before the public." — Forest and Stream. 



" The land-birds and principal game-birds of New England have 

 received more satisfactory treatment, than has been given them in 

 any previous special treatise on the subject. It affords a fund of 

 fresh information and a positive advance in our knowledge of the 

 habits of New England birds."— Dr. Elliott Coues. 



