THE BOOK OF BIRDS 



COMMON BIRDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY 



AND 



AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 



HENRY W. HENSHAW 



Formerly Chief United States Biological Survey 



Illustrated in Natural Colors with 250 Paintings 



BY 



LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES 



With Chapters on "Excouraging Birds Around the 

 Home," by F. H. Kennard; "The Mysteries of Bird 

 Migration," by Wells W. Cooke, and "How Birds Can 

 Take Their Own Portraits," by George Shiras, 3rd, and 

 45 Illustrations and 13 Charts in Black and White, 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



national geographic society 



Washington, d. c. 



u. s. a. 



