-WHO AMONG YOUR FRIENDS WOULD ENJOY THESE BOOKS ?■ 



Birds of La Plata By W.H. Hudson 



Did you read the long review of this work by Samuel Scoville, Jr. in The New 

 York Evening Post ? Every line shows his intense interest in its descriptions of birds 

 new to him and their notes — "the many colored knight or tyrant who takes the place 

 of our kinglet. There, too was a picture of his wonderful little nest fastened to the side 

 of a rush just above the water, made of soft bits of dry, yellow sedge cemented so 

 smoothly that it looks as if it were cast in a mould. It seems strange to think of a 

 kinglet as a water bird, and stranger yet to read of yellow cardinals, oven birds who make 

 their nest of mud on trees. . . . Then there is the Colendra mockingbird who steals 

 scraps of some fifty other bird melodies and blends them into one song. . . . The two 

 volumes of '' Birds of La Plata" are packed full of the little delightful personal touches 

 which make Hudson's descriptions always a delight. . . . Altogether the work is one 

 which every bird-lover should have in his library." — E'vening Post, Jan. 29. 



Limited edition, with 22 plates in colors ------ $15.00 



Special large paper edition with illustrations mounted - - $35.00 



Territory in Bird Life 



By H. Eliot Howard 



A FAMOUS NATURALIST writes : "I have read 'Territory in Bird Life' with 

 great pleasure. The author has an original thesis — the importance of the bird's chosen 

 territory — which appears to me to throw light upon many facts. He defends it with a 

 wealth of personal observations which show great insight and skill. The book seems to 

 me to be a considerable contribution to ornithology and also to comparative psychology. 

 It is a first-class piece of work. It is refreshing to come across such a fine book." 



Dr. Howard has since childhood been interested in birds and has practised the inten- 

 sive study of his chosen subject by watching one individual throughout its breeding 

 season, usually during the hours of 4 to 7 a.m. His interpretation of the bird's actions 

 in selecting territory, and defending it, and the relation between the territory and bird 

 song, and between territory and the problems of migration are very interesting. 



With eleven fine illustrations in photogravure, .... $8.00 



Dogs, Birds and Others 



Edited by H. J. Massingham 



For many years the " Natural History Letters " in the London Spectator havs been a 

 feature of deepening interest to those studying the psychology of animals. Mr. Mas- 

 slngham has made a selection of these letters and added Illuminating notes which make 

 of them a book keenly Interesting in its bearing on the facts and the philosophy of 

 animal life, with at the same time much of the sort of charm which forever lingers about 

 White's " Natural History of Selbome. " $3.00. 



These should be obtainable in any Bookstore; if not, order from 



E. P. Dutton & Co., 681 Fifth Ave., New York 



