ph'<iil(' tint'jTtnV'" tV VT' 



•n? somp rtesh and llfe Into 

 'talkpbout 

 - wavs with 



d 



ROF. W. W. COOKE, Directorofthe Vermont Agricnltnral 



■" ' " - 1- of tlie esc^Hent work "Blrd Migra- 

 iey" vrites; 



;.r8t instnllment of a 

 I have cxamined it 



Mb. E. J. Loomis of the Mautical Almaiioc Office. Bukuu 



of Nav". :''i " - ,- : Mtea: 



uuiuiü^ .'.' Uc d«9u:c<i tu tliai iiut.. 



Prof. D. S. Jordaj«, tbe celebrated nuthorofthe "Manual 

 ■ •* V., President of the University of Indiana, 



f'loo' J.,-\vrites: 



f yotirbook on "North American Blrds" is very 

 ■>, riit.-n and I find tlu. ,c < nut.. ; t.th occurate and 



,k will bi ^id by all friends 



CS nre rt 



-■• -1 excel- 



high ns a bijiauist ana cntiiasiasnc iover ot birds, wntc;: 



A„ ,.„ .<..,, ...KU ,1.., ., .,... „,.,.,..- i-,^ .... „i ,.„..^ ,„^.,,^ 



t I - 



a penect gem. Ar^, 

 :xt. It iseverrthiUL 



". , 'ATitcs: 



1 r.i-.ö ynur langtjage 



' tiiii i: fcw scattered 



'arL Ironi .o end sccmä ul- 



- t,uiuk this btiuK w ui carry your aamc 



lie wellknown American poet on birds, flowers and Wrd 

 sfiM>.'s, ; K. W. L. SaoEMAKEB, Georgetown, T>. C, \viites: 



T>ie Violc ;? n:f>rc absorbing thau a novel, and the r-«.?»^ 

 ff' he timc. tliit t!ie informatioi 



is ■ '-^ The i!lu=tratioii9 ,ire er« 



g: " 'Oftbebi' ' 



but int( 

 Wh,.,, _- ,, . ,, - - ■ 



thnt with him, or 



%vurk. Tl),jrc is i _ ..... . ^ ..^ ,.^ ,. ,. 



ai^' Standard populär woika on biographical -■'• i- 



♦ • 



Mr. Fred. H. Hild, of the Chicago Public Library \ 



I havc siamined the Part of "Nchrlinp's North 

 Birds" ■ ' ■ ■ ■ •■' ■ ■ . 



tions ex- 

 ofthflt .... 

 csctllcnt. T 



lovers ol'the ii __ ,_ 



work will be a vulnabk contribulion to .\inenca.n cnutbolog . , 



• 

 "Forest and Stbeam", New York, the largest and raost 

 valuablspaper ouout-door sporta in this conntry. July 4, is&y, 

 sa ys • , 



In this pubHcation we have what has Icnj» been ^ 

 o_i)opular and intercsting natural hist*^-- , ' N'. r-I. 

 birds, written simply, but in a very 



trated by colorec' Hthographs after tu, 

 highcst s t. Ivfr. Nfhrling is no coi 



ance w.' ,s descr-.bcd has het'n niR 



hc h ^ ■ ■ , ■ 



eh. 



st\i 



ob,. . : _ _^ 



of ihc grove. 



Thöworit docsnot professto bestrictty scientifir. 1* i 

 int ?rfor the intelligent friend oi' rature, ':■ 



Bar^ tar as we can iudee from the sir.gle Par'. 



■'-uthor d. ^ - at praise for the csceU-caw. oi 



•«; so far .i 



Atr... 



iiddcil tu ihc altracf.Yn 

 So far as can be iut 

 pppearedthere isno ot' 

 cqual raerit.Dor, 'iideeti 



■lli 



WOrli DV 



he Part 



'.vork on : 

 le wTth it 



pr«dict für it a fair measiue o: us deserved pcpal^^n'.^ 



"The Aük", the excellent periodical of American Omitiii 

 logist's Union (Ttily-number, 16S9) says: 



Some time since ( Aak, Ttilv, 1.S86, p, +15) we (-.-»Ited Rtt. 

 tioii to r • ' " • 



Ger man' 

 an ''■•' 

 pa) 

 ot -, 

 Or:. 

 in; 

 to . 

 ss-iV 

 OS .>\t arr. 



boi .ork we i 



po;. 



I pnm.ninly on the n.ml'or'so,\ 



•^'■"l ' .tuj. '!! 1 '.:.■.':■ pli!. v<-, sir ldIi' .u 



Tue ueaL ;: i 



uat.'il bauir 



I trust the work will iä««t with Uw 



