16 WILSON CHAPTER, A. A. 



Fourth edition; sixth thousand. 



"The most successful book in American ornithological 

 literature" 



DAVIE'S 



NESTS AND EGGS 



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 NOliTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



INTRODUCTION BY J. PARKER NORRIS. 

 ILLUSTRATIONS BY 

 THEODORE JASPER, A. M , M. D., 



AND W. OTTO EMERSON, 



This work, which has now become the standard on 

 the subject, is descriptive of the nests and eggs and 

 characteristic habits of the Land and Water birds 

 of North America. This includes the species that 

 occur or are indigenous north of the Southern U. S. 

 boundary, including Greenland and the peninsula of 

 Lower California. 



The arrangement of the work is according to the 

 nomenclature of the A. O. U. Code and Check List, 

 and the old number (Ridgway's) are placed to the 

 right of each species. Concise outline habitats of 

 each species and their breeding ranges are designated 



The time of nesting, composition of nests, exact 

 number of eggs laid, their size and color, together 

 with the chief characteristics of the birds. All cur- 

 ious freaks in the nesting habits of birds are noted 

 and a complete analytical Index is given. The Avork 

 consists of 475 pages of large size and 13 fidl page 

 illustrations. 



Paper Edition. 81.25 Extra Cloth, ^1.75. 



Address; O. P. H AUGER, . 



Orleans, Indiana. 



