■hould uiidertake thc work of puttiii;; some flcsh and llfe iato 

 the dried sltins of thiamosl lichghtfiil scicncc, should t.-ilk about 

 tiie birds in st« h t'asliion ns to Nrin«? llicni and thcir ways with 

 S'jme vividritis befii'c the risini; gencration. This. so lai- :i.s I 

 can judgt frora tht l'rirt at band, ynu huve adinirabli' sucreded 

 in doing. Imust ccnipümeiityon alsoon your plates whicharc 

 cxccllcut repri-iductions of thc birds. I find it difficult to under- 

 staiid how yoi! cau afTord tu seil so handsomt; a work at so 

 moderate a piicc. 



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Prof. W. W. Cooke, Director of the Vermont Agricnkuial 

 Experiment Station, author of the excelleutwork "Cird Migra- 

 tion ofthe Mississippi Valley" writes: 



I wris moie than pleas<?d io get this first installment of a 

 work, wliirh [ liad l)een long expecting. I have cxamined it 

 willigrcat iiitercsi und carc auJ my cxpcctatioas I faid have 

 bcenfully met. I kiiew froiu IIk- letters I had receiveit froin yon 

 that you had tnuch ability in expressing your idoas about liird- 

 lifc bur. in this work you h;ivc fairly surpnsscil \ onrself. I like 

 the ideii of thc coloriid plates, aud thcir exccutiou Ica^es 

 iiothinfi to be desircd in that liac. 



Crof. D. S. Jordan, the celcbrated author ofthe "Manwal 

 ..t VVrtebrates", President of thc i '";.e'-'i -• if Indiam 

 Bloomigton, Ind., writes: 



Part I of your book on "North Amtiricaii iUrds" is very 

 thanningly writun, .nnd I find the nccomits both accuratc and 

 interesting. Your book will be gladly welconied by all friends 

 ofthe birds. The plates arc very satislactorj'. 



Mrs. Mary Trbat, of Vineland. N. Y., author of an excel- 

 lent book oa insectsinjurions to vegetaii<»n, ranking also very 

 high .as a bütanist and cnthusiastic iovcr of birds, writes : 



An uiiavoidable dclay has prevented the acknowledgement 

 of your charming work — "Korth-Amerioao Birds", Part I — 

 un'til now. The ilhistrations arc snperb. Prof. Kidgway's 

 hummiugbird is :i perfect gem. And I U.irc licen greally in- 

 terested In thc tcxt. It is evcrythiag that could be desircd. 



Mr. E. K Tdrner of Providern e, Fla , „lu ... 



Your tlioi'ghtsare poctically expressed and yotir language 

 .,'. beautiful! Furthennore this is not in a few scattered 

 sentences, bat the vvliole Part froni hcginuing to cud stems al- 

 most a prose poem. I think this book will carry ^•om■ nauie 

 to ftiture generations. 



The wel'known American poet on birds, flowers and bird 

 songs, 1)R. M'. L. SHOEMAKtR, Gcorgetowii, D. C, writes: 



As yet T liave jncrely glanccd at this Part, and notcd its fiae 

 ilhistrations, its iarge. clear, eye-coniforting typogiaphy; 

 its thick firm, white paper, and its general exeellence of "make- 

 np". Its internal nicrits — its litcrary and testhctic qiialities — 

 do not Ijelic its ^;xtemal oiics, I am vevy sure. Thc work, when 

 completed, is evjdcntly dcstiiied to be a credit and au honor to 

 thecity of'Milwaukec; "ü tbing of beauty" and consequently 

 "a joy forever'". 



Mk. E. J. Loomis of the Nancical Almaiiac Office, Bureau 

 of Navigation, Navy Department, Washir.gton, D. C, writes: 



Mr. Nebrling's book on the "North American Birds" fills 

 ...±lipily, A spare lictween the extremcly dry and scientific, and 

 theptj|iulai (ind too oflen inaecurate. In his bird bis torics he 

 gives what the public Is most in*erested iu, tlu- biography of 

 the bird; his hanits and liabitat; what iie lives on and how he 

 get» it ; hi.s song, iic.it aud yo'ing, niigration and return to bis 

 natal haunts. 



The book is more absorbing thau a uovcl, and the readar 

 fcels au assHrance, all the timc, that the informaliou convcved, 

 is scientificially accurate. Tlie ilhistrations are excellent and 

 glve a clcar idea ofthe form and color ofthe birds rfpreseiucil. 



Mr. Nehrung shows that subdued but intense enthusiaaui 

 which is always evidence of "staying power", an assuraucir 

 that with him, ornithology is not a "lad", but a life study and 

 work. Thcre is uo doubt that his book will take ita place 

 amoiig the slandard populär works on biogiaphical orui- 

 ihologY. 



Mr. Fred. H. Hii,n, ofthe Chicago Public Librarj- writes: 



I have examined the Part of "Nebrling's North American 

 Birds" which y(JU left \\'ith nie a fcw days ago. The ilhistra- 

 tions executed in chromo-lithograptiy are Ixautiful specimens 

 ofthat art and the lypographical appearanoe ofthe work is 

 excellent. The wellknown reputation ofthe author amone 

 loversjifthe feathenul tribes, is a sullicient guarantee that ihi 

 work vv-ill be a valuable contribution to .American ornithülog) . 



"Forest axd Stream", New York, the largcst and mosi 

 valuablapaper on out-'ioo'- =por'.s U\ i bis country, July 4-, 1889, 

 says: 



In tlüs pubUc.ation wc have what has long been calied i'or 

 a populär and inlercatiug natural hi.story of North American 

 birds, writtcn simpiy, but in a verj pleasing style, and illus 

 trated by colored litUogrnphs aftcr the best artists, and in th«. 

 highest style of art. Mr. Nehrling is no Compiler; his acqu.tint- 

 aiice with the birds described has been made in the field, whero 

 he has devoted himself to loving Observation of ihcir varym{; 

 eharactcrs aud habits, and being posse.^sed of n happy literarv 

 style, charming in its easy simplioity, his descriptions canuoi 

 fail to be populär with j-oung people, whom it is the author'i 

 objectto inspire with a tenderregard for thefeathorcd minstrels 

 of the grove. 



The work does not profess to Xic stiictly scientific. It is 

 intended rathcr for the intelligent friead of nature. but at the 

 same tirae, so far as we can judge from thc single Part which is 

 bcfore us, the author descrves grtat praist for thc excelleni:e ol 

 his biographles si) far as they go. 



The plates are good examples ofthe lithographer's skilt 



Itisnigh timethata populär, attractive work on North 

 American ornithology should be )nibUshc<l. »nd very muoh i? 

 added to the attractiveness of this work by its illust.rntions. 



So far as can Ix; j udgtd from the Part which bas aheady 

 appcarcd there isno othcr popularwork on thesubjeetof nearly 

 equal merit, nor, iudeed, comparable with it, and weooafidently 

 predict fo:' it a fair mcasure of its dcservcd popitlanty. 



' TnK Aitk", the excellent periodical oi American Ornitho- 

 logisf s Union (July-mimber, 1889) says: 



Some time since (.Auk. July, 1886, p. 415) wc caMed atten- 

 tion to an announcement of a propectus of a work in thi' 

 Germanlan.sfuage onNorthAmcricar. Dirds.by Mr. H. Nehrling, 

 an Active Mcmbcr of tho A. O. ''., and thc aut'ior of many 

 papei-s on North American birds, including a parier on the Ijirds 

 of southcra Texas, iiublished in the 'Bulletin of the Nutall 

 Oniithoiogical Club, and various local lists and populär articie« 

 in tlieOennanornithological Journals. It now gives uspleasiire 

 to say that thcpublication ofthe work has begun, and that ii 

 will appear in Englisii, under the title "North American Birds", 

 as well as in German. We have already reccived Part 1 of 

 both editions, and find it a work we heartily commcnd. as n 

 populär treatise on onr birds. 



Tlie biographic« :ire based primarily on the anthor's own 

 field experiences, and are writtcn inagr.iphic j'Ct simple and 

 pleasing style. The best authoritics, however, nre frcol« 

 quoted. Theteclmical matter is brief, und printed in smalUi 

 type at the end of the biographies. The rolored illustrations 

 are efi'crti^'C and liighly creditable, considering thc low price of 

 thc work, whilc thc pM[)er and typography arc excellcut. Wc 

 ttust the work will mcet ^\'ith the success it so weil descrvea. 



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