details of the minor beauty of the country, and enable us to estimate in 

 some degree how much positive beauty, as well as charm of association, 



go to make up the pleasure of a day's bird-nesting For such 



* cameos ' from natural history as the nests of birds in their natural setting, 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's judgment on Mr. Kearton's photographs will not be 

 questioned. They ' mark a new era' in the illustration of natural history."— 

 spectator. 



" A most original and at the same time most beautiful book." — Journal 

 of Ediicaiion. 



" The arrangement of the book is of the simplest, and the information 

 given is sound and well chosen." — Laud and l]'a/er. 



" This book is invaluable both to the amateur and experienced ornitho- 

 logist." — Public Opinion. 



" No one can turn over the pages of this volume without feeling grateful 

 to these spirited nest-hunters for the delicious insight into the habits of wild 

 birds which their pictures afford."— Rev. H. A. MacpheRSON, in Natural 

 Science. 



" This beautiful book is a monument of devotion, patient industry, and 

 fine enterprise." — Weekly Sun. 



" We can hardly over-estimate the pleasure and solace to be derived from 

 this book by all lovers of Nature." — Fishing Gazette. 



" Something fresh and original. The book is simply unique and splendid." 

 — Shooting Times. 



"Something wholly new in the department of ornithology." — Dr, 

 Alexander Japp, in Old and Young. 



" The book is one which no lover of our country's birds should be 

 without." — The Feathered World. 



" The book is indeed a triumph of our craft."— F/^^ Photogram. 



" The admirable and numerous reproductions are a fine monument of 

 Mr. C. Kearton's indefatigable effort and s\i\\\.'' —The Ainateur Photographer. 



" The work is one of the most thoroughly attractive, one of the most 

 original of recent works on natural history." — Publishers' Circular. 



" Considering the difficulties of the undertaking, the two enterprising 

 nest-hunters are to be warmly congratulated upon their success. As a rule, 

 the results obtained are both artistic and remarkably true to Nature. Mr. R. 

 Kearton's notes descriptive of the parent birds and their habits and plumage, 

 of the situation, locality, and materials of the nests, and of the appearance of 

 the eggs, are so good and serviceable for purposes of identification that 

 ornithologists and collectors will only wish that there had been more of 

 them." — Scotsman. 



" The pictures of the work are quite unique. To all lovers and collectors 

 of birds this splendid work is invaluable." — Irish Times. 



"The arrangement of the text is admirably simple and practical." — 

 Glasgow Herald. 



■' Quite one of the most charming books of popular natural history which 

 has been published within recent years." — Leeds Mercury. 



"The activity and perseverance of these two brothers have been wonderful. 

 We heartily recommend the book." — M anchester Guardian. 



" The plates alone make the work a treasure which everyone who is 

 interested in rural life will be only too happy to possess."— JP'^j'/ Yorkshire 

 Pioneer. 



"The illustrations are admirable as photographs, and from the exactitude 

 which they secure are practically in themselves an addition to the scientific 

 knowledge of birds." — Aberdeen Free Press. 



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