BIRDCRAFT, 



A FIELD-^OOK OF TIVO HUNDT{ED SONG, GAME, 

 AND IVATER ^IRDS. 



By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT, 



Author of "The Friendship of Nature" " Toin})iy-A)inc," "Citizen Bird" etc. 



With Eiglity full-page plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 



\^For Specimen Plate see other side.] 



PRESS COMMENTS. 



" This is a charming volume, upon a pleasant theme. The author is not a hard- 

 hearted scientist who goes forth with bag and gun to take life and rob nests, but a 

 patient and intelligent observer, who loves the children of the air, and joins their 

 fraternity. Such a book inspires study and observations, and encourages effort to 

 acquire knowledge of the work of God. The book is a wise teacher as well as an 

 inspiring guide, and contains beautiful, well-arranged illustrations." 



— Ne7v York Obserz/er. 



" The author has struck the golden mean in her treatment of the different birds, 

 saying neither too much nor too little, but mostly furnishing information at first 

 hand, or from approved authorities. The book will be very welcome to a large 

 number who have felt the want of a work of this kind. It will increase their enjoy- 

 ment of outward nature, and greatly add to the pleasure of a summer vacation." 



— Boston Herald. 



" This is the third edition of Birdcraft, and its excellences have already won the 

 commendation of all naturalists. . . . Such fineness of truth, such accuracy of draw- 

 ing, could only be the work of genius — not genius which is simply the capacity for 

 hard work, but genius which is innate, heaven-commissioned, " inbreathed by the life 

 breather," by the maker and teacher of man and nature alike." — Inter-Ocean. 



" Of books on birds there are many, all more or less valuable, but Birdcraft, by 

 Mabel O. Wright, has peculiar merits that will endear it to amateur ornithologists. . . . 

 A large number of excellent illustrations throw light on the text and help to make a 

 book that will arouse the delight and win the gratitude of every lover of birds." 



— Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. 



" The book is attractive, interesting, and helpful, and should be in the library of 

 every lover of birds." — Science. 



Small Quarto. Cloth. $ 2.50. 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 



QQ FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. 



