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i arfc I of Nehrliug's work has met witb a reception never before accorde«! to any omithological 

 V, TK <ver puMished in this countn', The most prominent authorities on ornithology and the leading 

 litcrary and scientific papers i>ronounce it the best populai* work on the subject ever issued since 

 A.udubon's time. Proni a great nnmber of lettei-s and reviews the Jike of which no writer on bird-life 

 ever reeeived before — tli; *"■ -ring extracts are tiiade, showing the character and scope of the work. 



Prok. Wm. Brewster, of xü.; Museum of Comparative 

 iooloijff, Canibridge, Mass., a natnralist of tlie highist rank, 

 ■ 11 aJmirable writer, a great ornitliologisi, «Titea to the 

 authur: 



JuJein? by the First Part, which haspost reachcd me, yoor 



''' ' ■ - ■" n:- 1. ■ L j- f-^j^ IQ echpsc cvei ythiii!:; of the 

 i -d. In fiK't it can cncount^r no 



, .11.0 AuJubon we have had uc 



teilt hauds '.vhich has dealt at all 



1 ily with tlic populär s'do of tbc sub- 



:., Ailu iLt iile histories of our birds. The need of 



'• is iTTtssiiip and \o oue who has ihc couragt, abü- 



idertaking of swoh magni- 



• i!i 1^4' •-— t inentioned I cannot 



.ourjayt. on the heartiest sup- 



.her omitb: ,..,.- .vhose cunlideiice you 



.y won by your able aud Tainablü papers, especially 



:xp.n birds. 



la of yonr work seems to Tne admiraWe in every 



MloriuL^ its avowod populär inission,) and its literary 



'his First Part, is evidently ti) be öf 



il passages are chami'.ngSy -vritten 



,„.,1 1, .„ .^"<!|v;it judgtment in 



i- old, hackneyed 



, iiientusc, and to 



their piac<^ so much iliox is ciciicr (luite new or of rec:eiit 



tf the booü does 'lOt nieet with pöneral favor and 



succsa the fault must be chargcd to the public, 



r-ROF. J. A. Allen, American Museum of Natural Historj-, 

 -tatral Park, New \'ork City, a weU-known scientist, Presi- 

 ■■ent of tJie /,-j--''' - ."-.;»'...'...-:.*■.- vt..;„.. ...i;,..- ..>- n,,. 

 'Auk", ■writes: 



bies are L-liarmiiigl;, w.ittca, auü i-avc lificsl!- 



lity tlcat i.s very pleasing. If carned on as be- 



>uld not stand at the hcnd of the list 



^ on bird lile in this country aud 



•• -inj,'io one'', as y>'^ ■ ■^■- "'■'■» ■■■!. 



T!;£ plates a. i 



iiei, and evcu ( ,:c' 



i v7ork of such moderate price. The 



ihy seem abovc criticism. I am 



ig yout work high praise, biit not higher than 



iS. 



' I/T, EUiott Coue*. Blrdt of the Colorado Vane;. Vol. I. [1874J. 



Hast Merrum, Ornithologist of the United States 



' ■ ' anthor of "Tbc Birds of Connecti- 



../ scientific papersonnatunilhistorj-, 



•v(i*.i.d: 



Kor 5t-.tr.ii -. (T.r?! T hn-e lf..ikt(1 frirvx ard to the appearance 



' .im very glad to see 



'id that it CDniainp so 



uatiou of vaiu«:, presviitcd in a pleaaatit and read- 



aiuucy cxpcuded in its publica ti 



1 take tbe dee]iest interest in this book of yours becanse I 

 beJieve it to bc a work of great importance to. American orni- 

 thology, and incomparnbly the best book of it« kiiid that has 

 ever epueared. 



Mk, Eügese P. EiCKNELL, Riverdale, N. Y. City, one of 

 the foremost omithologists and one of the foundet» and 

 ofScials of the American Ornithologist's Union -writes ; 



Your work is far more «al isfaotoiy thanother work» wbich 

 ha^ • ofore me i m<.re than they perforracd. 



Yo ar evideiii and enlhusiastic Observation 



anu H..i.ji .i our birdt. ....;, ., inle coutainiug much having 

 that value to science wbich always attaches to records of orig- 

 inal Observation, is, at tlie same 1itn<-, by no nieans too 

 technical for bird lovers who are not omithologists. There is 

 an oxit-of-doors' atmosphere to your peu-pictures, a flavor of 

 the woods and tieids, which cannot friil to be appreciated by 

 all who appreciate Nature. I thiiik no one will dispute my 

 opinion that your book is weil adaptetl botU to aroase and to 

 htlp satisfy au interest in the Icatbercd tribe. 



Prof. R. RidgwaY, of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, the great omithologist and artist, writes: 



1 t«. ', ■ 'f ■ rks ho'ae with me, and have perused them 

 with ve: -asure. In fact, I can truly soy thac I have 



nevc- 'v ■ t )ur birds as I dul your articles on 



tht ^rd, and other songsters incUided 



in t:. . „_L - . ;k. Barring a <ew typographical 



errors (whicb are ofcours*.; i::)evitable) the work is in every re- 

 spect most admirable, a.n(\ canaot fail to delight as well as in- 

 struct all lovers of the woods and their feathered inhabitants 

 who are so fort^inate, as to po.ssess it. 



' ■ ", ■ Parts lU ■ ■■ - . -ioa 



■ed Serien ■ ■lüy 



'■ ■ ! ■■ Ihc 



pc< rds. 



1),::. .. V,v 



Capt. Cbas. Benoise, U. S. A., now Cnrator of the Oolo- 

 gical Department of the United State» National 'Museani, 

 Washington, D. C. writes; 



Part I. of your work "North American Birds" came tohand 



yesterday 1 have only had a chance to hurrj' through 



the work, but from even a hasty examination I tnust say, that 

 !t strikcs me as excecdingly wel! written, and giving a very 



accurave aud pltasiag . ■■ . . ^^^ 



ican see uo rcusv)n, wh . ud 



taVf 11,.. r.i-..,.. .,, . , ,,„..,,„, ..,,.,.,..„..„...,„.,. ilüth 



tili ; d the amateur will find tbc work 



bc mg. 



t>K. Gko. Bikd Gkinneix, of New York, cditor- in-ehicf 

 of the "Forest .ir.d Strvnui". aud one of the Iciding ..)ni»- 

 tbologists, writes : 



A- 

 ati 

 lie 



iu.l. 



iiave euch u voituiu 



«■,l- ti.f worK TUST ' 

 ■ inerico.n Birds'', w- 



.•ind, it I may 



s, we arr uow 



t» bigrv time that BOOK OM 



