hotild iiidtei r:, 



k of puttins ;>. 



ways with 



... Vh, -l- 1 



ivork ai - 



jji-i. 



t iio^cgy. 



ing thiiu R novel, and che teaOsr 



i i ii.t, that the irfonnatioticotiveTmi. 



.; T!ie iliiiifrations areexcelleut txnd 



'orm and c<. iür of the birds represented. 



xehrliDg siiows that sabdued bul intrnse ':nxti;sia3m 



"Ivrays evidence of "»tr>ying powfir'' an assiirance 



■'1 ornitbolog}- is not a fad", but a life str.dy and 



' IS HO QOiiot that bis book will take -ts "place 



i.iK- staadard populär woiks on biograpbical o ' 



Fred. F, 



the Ciiicafro Public Librarvwriles : 



. and tiieir csecution lea\os 



M IL ipia :ii:e. 



Prof. , 



UooTaigtou, Inri , writes: 

 P:. 



A.N, tlic oelebratol authoi- ofthe "Manual 



'•ri'.x Aniei'.^ao LirJs" .b vor/ 

 ho accounts Iio^h accnratt Hnd 

 s!adly welcomed b- " ' 



■, s.uisfjictorv. 



;ut book on ius.cts injurious to rcgetatioit, ranking also vcry 

 igb i'- ' ! isüc lorerof birds, writes : 



\ «"'<>r.ted v.he acktiowledgtirjent 



liiir.g Av.iiv— '.vo. an Birds", Part I — 



Tlit illustrations ii. Prof. Ridgway's 



i'.t; lud is a perfect geir r,<; i nnve been greacly it- 



d iu tiic fest. It is evcrythiiig that could be desired. 



.^r ^ .^. . . .-.,..,v ,.t Providenv.. ..... .... 



Yonr vhouahtsare poctically expressed und your langtiage 



I' Tllicrmor 

 • wliolc I 

 :u. I thi 

 :teratictns. 



111 a few scatti-riici 

 Hing to end seenis ,i'- 

 \-. ill (.at t■^• vc)ur uame 



:c wellknown American poet on birds, flowers and bird 

 üugi), Dr. VV'. L. Shoem.\ki:k, Georgct.jwn, D. C, writes: 



A , -■ •■> I uavc UKrcly i»l.ine d .a llii.-^ T'.irt. and noted its T'i. 

 . iti»_ largc, cliar irting typogi 



1, ■'?-hite y>"por ;'.ni! i c.-^cem'nce oi ' . 



■ ijrary und assthetic qiiaUtit.s— 



m vcrv ."iure. The work, when 



,: i\ ii-^iu •. 1 to be a credit and an lionor to 



lukec ; ' 'a tlliug of bcauty" and cons'^tiuently 



■V- ■ 

 11 tio 



M«. 

 t'Navi: 



L;)i'.M!s .." the Nautical Almauac Office, Bureau 

 , N. • rr;M:<,:i ut, ^\';i.-l''ri;jton, D. C, writes: 

 .merican Birds" fills 



, wluu lic livcs Oll and i'.uw hi- 

 ij, niigration and return to bis 



I liave examiued the Part of "Kebrüiig's Niorth Ameiican 



' i'.s'' whicbyou left with ine a few days ago. The ühistra- 



t ious executcd u; chionio-üthograpby .nre iieautiful sprtiinens 



oftbat ar!. and ihr typograpbicai appeanncc ofthe work is 



• <'• The we!ikno^\-ti reputavion oftbe author among 



"he featliered tribes, is a snfScicnt pu.Trantee that the 



Nv ■ p -I V ' ■' ! j »ributiouto Au:«;-- - ithologj'. 



F'ORFST aMB STR3AM", New York, tlie largest and aiost 



Ml t iil1 -fln. ,. SiJlrirr*^ in ' 



,U- -i. l.iiSi 



in tLis r^iblu.'ition we have vvtia". nas long been oaliLÜ ror, 

 a populir aijd iiitercstiT k naturai lüttury of N^irth Amfrii:an 

 birds, «ritten simply, but iu a very pkasing style, aud ilhis- 

 trattd by colored litiiograi>h.s afler the Ixst artist.--. and in the 

 highcst .style of an. Mr. Ncbrling is no Compiler bis acquaint- 

 Riicc with the birds descrilied bas lietr; made in tbc field. whei-e 

 ht has df vc'ted hirnseif to loviug Observation of thf ir vftrying 

 cliaractcrs and habics, and being posscssed of a bappy literary 

 stj'le, channing in ita easj' simplicity, his desiriptions cannot 

 fad to bc populär w'tU young peoplc, wbum it !.-■■ the autbor's 

 objfctto inspirewith a tenderregard for thefeathercd miustrels 

 of tbegrove. 



The work does not profess to be strictly scieutific. It is 



inteiided rather for the intelligent friend of natuie. but at t'ie 



same time, so far as we can judgc from the sitigle Parr whicb is 



before us tbe author deservts g,-eat praise for the excelknte of 



s so far as they gO. 



- Ire good exajnples ofthe lithographer's skill. 



it IS n:_^'.' ' :active work on North 



A'.nerican ori -'.ifd. .iiid very niuch is 



addcd to tbe ii . iii.w,. ,. _.v ... .,^..f. by its ilHistratinns. 



So far ,xs cau l>e judged front the Part v hi- U has airtady 

 appeared i.herc isuo otber popularwork on thesubiertof nearljr 

 ^■quid mcrit.uur, indted,conipa"able with it and wo confideatljr 

 pvedict for it a f:'ir measure of iis des-er-.'ed yopularity. 



"Thk Xvk , 1 iit exzellent perioaica, oi" vincrican urnitho- 

 logist's Union (July-nuaiber, 1889) says: 



Sometiuie since (Auk, July, 1?86, p. 415/ we called atten- 



1 to an annoiinccinent of a propcctus of a M-ork iti the 



naiiiauguagc ou North .Ymerican bircis,by Mr. R. Nehrling, 



Vcri'-e Metnber of the A. O. Tj.. and the authot of many 



;i;i pers on North American birds, inoludihg a paper on the birds 



of southern Texas, publishcd in übe 'Lsullctin' of vhe NntaU 



Ornithological CUib, aud T.xrious local li^*'^ -iMrin."!"! -^v i. ricVs 



in Ihet'jCnnauornAhological Journals. nc 



lo say thac the publication ofthe wer i< , • t it 



■«HU appear in English, ünder the title "iso; tii Auit-rieau Birds", 



as well as in German. We have already rtcoived Part I of 



both editions, and find it a work we heartily commend, «8 a 



populär creatise on our birds. 



Tiie biographirä mt based primarily on the arttbor's oxrn 

 i'ield experiences, and are writtea in a graphic y et simple and 

 pleasing style. The l>«-=<^ j^iii i^rities, liowevcr, arc freely 

 fjuoted. The teclinical i rief, atid printed in snjallcr 



type at the end of the 1. s. Tbe colored illustrations 



are effeotive and highly ere>litabic, considering the low price of 

 the work, while the naper und typography ai-e cxcelleut. We 

 I ■ :-t the work will uieet with the" success it so well deservea. 



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