g^f,^?^ Tin''ertakc the work of putting some flesli and lifc into 



ins of thisTiiost d« li-rlitfiil scitnce, should talk aboiit 



such fashion as to bring them and cheir wavs with 



Foi:it vividuessbefore the rlsinR ge'ncratioii. This, so tar as I 



cai! -lulec frnm the Part at liand. you have adinirably snc-ceded 



in doiiig. X inust coniplimcntyoii alsoon your plates whicliare 



errelient reprodiutions of the birds. I lind it diiTKult to undcr- 



stand how yo» cau afford to seil so haiidsome u work at so 



loderale aprice. 



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 Vrof. W. W. Cookb, Director of the Vt nnont ^^icultural 

 .xperiment Station, author of the excellcnt work "llirdMigra- 

 ion Ol' the Mississippi Valley" writes: 



1 wasmon than pleascd to get this first installnient of a 

 work, which 1 had becn long expiictiii^. 1 l'.avc examiiied it 

 w-'' ' -i' ■•■'>st aml caream! iny exiiei-tations I find have 



' knrw from the lettei s 1 had leceived from you 



tl ich ability in expressiiig yo>n- ideas about bird- 



lii, :is work you havf fairly .surpassed ycurself. I like 



t,. ; tbc colorcd plates, aud their exctution leaves 



notüiug io bc desired in that line. 



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Prof. D. S. JoitDA.N, the celebrated author of the "Manual 

 of Vertebrates", President of the University of Indiana, 

 Bloomigton, Ind., writes: 



Part I of your iKiok on 'North American Birds" is very 

 . .larmingly written, and f finti the accoiints botli accnrate and 

 iiitcresting. Your book will be gladly welcomed by all friends 

 of the birds. The plates jui ver>' satisfactory. 



Mr3. M.\bv Iffat, oi Vinciand. N. \., author of auexcel- 

 lent book on insects injurious to Vegetation, rankiug also vcry 

 ■ ';:h as abotaiiist and eiitliusiastic lovcr ot birds, writes ; 



An unavuiUable delay has preventod the acknowledgemcnt 

 ofyour charming work"— "North-Aniericaa 3irds", Part I — 

 until now. Tbe iUustrations are süperb. Prof. Ridgway's 

 hummingbird 's a perfect gein. And I have been greatly in- 

 ler«sted in the tejct. li is everytliing that could be desired. 



Mr. E. K. Tokner of Provmt-uti . rn., writes: 



Your thoaglitsaix- pocticall^ expressed nnd yottr languagc 



i;. • 'II Furthertuore this is not in a few scattercd 



■i ;.'. the whole Part trom Ixginning to end seenv.s al- 



• i:, ,....;„; poem. I thiü'' t^iw ^o^il-- willii.rrv winr nanv 



o tuture gcnerations. 



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The wellknown American poet on birds, flowers and bird 



songs, Dr. W. L. Suoejiaker, Georgetown, D. C, writes: 



.,.; V, i I In- ,• ,--,,-^.-l<- ..1-.1.-.Ö at this Part, and noted its fine 

 )i cye-conifortiog typograpliv; 



Vi- ts general excelkncc of "makt- 



np . i L» iiiicrnal incriU — tts litfrary and »stUctic qualitics — 

 do not b»l!<- it« eytenial oncs. T am very sure. The work, wheu 

 t '.y dcstiricd to t>c a cretlit and an honor to 



t ; "a tbiug of beaut/'' sad consequently 



' n luv i'j. ': . tt . 



Mr. B. J. Locififi of the Nantical Almanuc OlSoe. Bureau 

 of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C, writes: 

 Mr. Nehrling's book on the "North American Birda" fiUs 



t-, ,1. , .. ., _ i ....... ...1.. — ._.._.p|y j^y ^^,, „.,:„ .:,.. ..-.^ 



' ■ I e. In hi.s 



fci :><1 in. tt. ... ' 



the bird: ) livesou. 



getsit; hi> ^ .Ion and i'. i 



'! itul bauuti». 



The book is more absorbing than a novri, and the readar 

 feels an assuranct, all the tirae, that the information conveyed, 

 is scicntificially accurate. The illustrations are exccllent and 

 give a clcar idea of the form and color of the birds represented. 



Mr Nebrling shows that subdueJ but intease entlaisiasm 

 which is always evideiice of "staying power", an assurancc 

 that with him, ornithology is not a "fad", but a life study aod 

 work. Thore is no doubt that bis book will take its place 

 among the Standard populär works on biographical or^J 

 thologv. 



Mr. Fred. H. Hild, of the Chicago Public Library writes: 



I have examined the Part of "Wlnling's North .^ ircriran 

 Birds" which you left \\nth nie a few days ago. The illustra- 

 tions executed in L-hromo-lilhography are Ijeautiftil spcciraen« 

 ofthat art and the typographicai appearanre of the work it: 

 excelltnt. Tl.e weliknown veputation ofthe author miong 

 lovers ofthe leatbereü tribes, is a sufficient guarantee t!',ii the 

 work will be a valuable contributiou to American ornithology. ■! 



"Forest and Stream", New York, the largest and moit-^ 



Taluablapriper ■" '^•'' -''■'" v =•■■">' fe i" ti,u rn, mtr- inK s icüo 

 says: 



In this pnblication \vc bive what lias long lx-i:i c.iütii for, , 

 a populär and interesting natural history of North American .^ 

 ijirds. writteü simply, l)U in a vitv pleasing style, and illus- 

 tratcd by colored lithograpbs afttr the Ixsl artists, and in the 

 hightst style of art. Mi . N'.hrling is no Compiler; his aci^uaint- 

 anre with the birds desrribtd has Ijcen made in the field, where 

 he liasdevoted hiraself to ioving Observation of their vaiying 

 charaoters and habits, and being posscssed of a h.-ippy literary 

 style, oharming in its easy siinplicity, bis descriptions caimot 

 fail to be populär with young ]:ieople, wliom it is the author's 

 obiectto iaspine with a tenderiegarrt Ibr the feathced miustrels 

 ofthe grove. 



Tlie work does not profess to be strictly scientific. It is 

 intended ratber for the intelligent frieud of nature, bn' .«i Hn- 

 same timc, so l'ar as we tan judge troni the singlc Par* 

 belbrc US, the autlior deserrcs great praise for tbe cxci 

 his biographics so far as t hey go. 



The platcs are good i:x.imples ofthe lithographer's skill, 



It is high tiine that i«. populär, atiractive work on North 

 American omitholog}' slinald be pu'jlished, and s'ery niuch it 

 added to the attractiveiif.«.s of this ivork by its illustrati )n3. 



Sofaras can be jndiccd from the Part wliich has ».Ircady 

 appearedthcre isno ottur populär work un thesubiectol ncarly^ 

 c'ipal merit, nor iudeed, comparable with it, and wecontidently J 

 prcdicc for it a fair mcasure of its deserved popularity. 



"The Auk", the exccllent periodical of American Unuino-, 

 logist's Union (July-unmljer, 1889} says: 



Some time since (' Auk, July, 1880, p. 415) vre called atte»-^ 

 tion to an annonnccnient of a propectus of a work in thej 

 Gennanlanguage on North American birds, by Mr. H. Ni lirling, 

 an Active Member of tue A. O. V., and the author iM many 

 papers on North American birds, i ' ' irds 



of soutiiern Texas, pabüsh^d in i.dl 



Orri-'- ;....:r,.,i- ,..,> ..,. i. „ 



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tot.,. . . -,----- 



■will apiwar iu Engiish, wndcr xhe title 'iNOrtii Americu 

 as well as im German. We have already received 1 

 bothfditions, and find it a work w« heartily commeud, as 6,^ 

 populpr troatisf on our birds. 



• ■ - ' ' ■ ";.' on the aathor'.'i owa 

 fiehi i;r,-.paic yet simple and 



ple; liowevf- ■' ■ '■•'•rly 



qu< and prir 'ler 



tvp' ,- . ! li»; colorei: u'n« 



are eUcctive and higlily cvcuitable, considering tiic io w pac« ot] 

 the work, whäe the paper and typograpby are CT^-elleat. We i 

 trast the work -will mcet with the success it so well dcserve». 



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