NUTTALL'S ORNITHOLOGY. 



A New Edition of this favorite Manual of American 

 Birds, in a new and beautiful shape, and with 

 important additions, bringing the information 

 down to date. 



A POPULAR HANDBOOK OP THE ORNITHOLOGY 



OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 



BASED ON NUTTALL'S "MANUAL." 



By MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 



Vol. I. 1}^%^^-^^^S^^: "^°^- ^^• 



GAME AND 



LAND BIRDS. 



WATER BIRDS, 



With colored frontispieces and numerous illustrations in the 

 text. Iwo volumes. Crov^n 8vo, cloth, extra, gilt top, $8.00 ; half 

 calf, extra, gilt top, $12.00; half-crushed Levant morocco, gilt 

 top, $16.00. 



THE publishers believe that a new edition of Nnttall's famous work 

 on American Ornithology, embodying all the results of recent 

 investigations and discoveries and freed of material which has 

 become obsolete, is a necessity and will receive approval. Large and 

 exhaustive works upon the subject of American birds are already in 

 existence, but their expense and bulk render them undesirable for 

 popular use, and the scientific information is not adapted to any 

 except experts in the science of ornithology. Nuttall's work has 

 always held a deservedly high rank. Of late years it has figured 

 among rare books and been sold at a greatly advanced price. 

 Among the advantages which the new edition will possess are the 

 following : — 



It will give to the reader the latest acquired facts regarding the 

 species mentioned in the original work, also an account of the 

 species and sub-species that have been discovered since Nuttall 

 wrote ; and mistakes made by Nuttall will be corrected, espe- 



