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BIRDS 



Vol. I and Vol. li 



January to June, and July to December, 1897, 



One of the finest books ever presented to 

 the English-speaking people ^ ^ ^ ^ 



A Wonderful Book 



A Work of Art 



Illustrations made by the New Process, 



Color Photography 



Interesting to Old and Young! The Finest Prize or Gift Book 

 you can finoT Each volume a supplement to the preceding, and yet 

 cdhiplete in itself. 



BOUND IN A BEAUTIFUL AND DURABLE FORM. 



Volume I or II. 



Cloth, $1.25; Haff Morocco, $1,75, and Full Morocco, $2.25. 



Volumes I and II combined under one cover. 



Cloth, $2.25; Half Morocco, $3.00, and Full Morocco, $4.25. 



For sale by all news dealers, booksellers, and by subscription. 

 Sent, carriage paid, to any address in the United States or Canada on 

 receipt of price. 



It is safe to say that if 10,000 copies of BIRDS, Volumes I and II combined, 

 were the limit of the editions, they could be sold readily at hundreds of dollars each. 



One of our subscribers writes: "I have one of the almost absolutely fresh copies 

 of ^Audubon^s Birds,' for which I have refused $3,000.00, and I will say that the 

 pictures of Birds given in your magazine are infinitely more true to life, and more 

 pleasing in every way.'' 



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Nature Study Publishing Company^ 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



