THE BIRD BOOK 



By A. J. R. ROBERTS 



CONTENTS 



Structure and Flight — Around the House 

 — BIRDS <>f the Hedgerow — Birds of the 

 Fieu > —Woodland Birds — By the River- 

 side — By Marsh and Mere — Moorland 

 Biros — Birds of the Seashore — Along the 

 Rock-bound Coast — List of British Birds 



Fcap. 8vo. In Cloth, 3s. net ; in Leather, 4s. net. 

 PRESS OPINIONS 



Spectator. — " Mr. Roberts's excellent little book." 



Scotsman. — "Written with competent ornithological knowledge 



and literary taste . . . charmingly illustrated." 



Daily Chronicle. — " An intelligent and agreeable little volume." 

 Globe. — " The author . . . shows mastery of his subject and 



ability to deal with it in a fashion at once accurate and attractive." 

 Manchester Guardian. — "The book is neat, and mostly to the 



point. ... It will be read with interest by every lover of the 



country." 



Glasgoiu Herald. — "An excellent little book . . . handy and 

 elegant. . . . The author has dealt with his subject with the easy 

 simplicity of one who is thoroughly familiar with it." 



Liverpool Post. — " One of the most delightful of country books. 

 . . . Altogether a worthy representative of an excellent series." 



British Weekly. — "An exceedingly attractive little volume, 

 illustrated by many charming photographs. . . . The reader feels 

 at once that the author is a true bird -lover." 



Aberdeen Free Press. — "One of the most fascinating of the 

 books of nature. The work is well written . . . and embellished 

 with a large number of admirable reproductions from photographs." 



Birmingham Post. — "No admirer of British birds can afford to 

 ignore this charming little book, which is the latest of an admirable 

 series. ... A splendid feature of the book is a list of British birds, 

 giving, in tabulated form, the size of all birds, and whether they are 

 residents, or merely summer and winter residents." 



Cork Constitution. — " Compiled with more than ordinary intelli- 

 gence and good feeling . . . not only interesting but very helpful. 

 . . . His book is so well constructed and the information it contains 

 so well arranged and clearly worded, that it cannot fail to give 

 pleasure to every lover of nature, from the unscientific schoolboy 

 to the experienced ornithologist." 



