"j©IRDS" 



"^^ ^ for 1898 



differs from the magazine of the previous year in having eight full- 

 page illustrations and four more pages of reading matter each month. 



With increased facilities^ we hope to be able to keep up with 

 the calendar, and deliver each number early in the month. This has 

 been impossible in the past for reasons which are very gratifying to 

 us, but which were annoying at the time. One of these reasons was 

 the great demand for back numbers. 



It gives us pleasure to state that we now have a large stock of 

 all numbers, beginning with that of January, i897. We supply these 

 at the same rates as the current numbers. We are receiving and 

 filling subscriptions every day that date back to the first number of 

 Volume I. 



We send carriage free a beautiful premium picture to every 

 new annual subscriber. It is the Golden Pheasant, plate 13 x J 8 on a 

 card J8 X 24. It is a splendid ornament for the dining room or hall. 



The price of ^* BIRDS ^^ is $J.50 a year in advance. The 

 illustrations on loose plates may be ordered at $J.OO for the year. 

 Both magazine and loose plates to one address, $2.00 a year. 



In ordering ''BIRDS'' for 1897, it is well to get them in the 

 fine bindings mentioned on another page. 



Nature Study Publishing Company^ 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



