D. APPLETON AND COMPANY’S PUBLICATIONS. 

ee A Guide to the Study of our Common 
Birds. By FRANK M. CHAPMAN, Assistant Curator of Mam- 
malogy and Ornithology, American Museum of Natural His- 
tory ; Author of ‘ Handbook of Birds of Eastern North Amer- 
ica.” With 75 full-page Plates and numerous Text Drawings 
by Ernest Seton Thompson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. ; 
“«¢ Bird-Life’ is different trom other books. It deals with birds that are familiar, or 
half familiar; it interests the ignorant reader at once, and it makes the relations between 
birds and men seem more intimate. ‘lhe economic value of birds will be better appre- 
ciated after reading this book.” —Boston Herald. 
‘‘ Contains more information about birds, in the same space, attractively as well as 
concisely stated, than can be found in any other book with which we are acquainted. 
... A delightful, valuable, inst.uctive, entertaining, beautiful book.’ —JSvooklyn 
Standard-Union. 
“ Most heartily can ‘ Bird-Life’ be commended. It is by a practical ornithologist, 
but it is simple and comprehensible. It is compact, pointed, clear. . . . The work is 
perfectly reliable. . . . ‘Uhe author uses every line to give information. A straightfor- 
ward and very compact guide-book to bird-land.”—Harfvord Post. 
“‘ An intelligent consideration of the book will add to the reader's pleasure in his 
walks in field and wood, quicken his ear, make him hear and see things which before 
went unnoticed. . . . Gives the student an introduction to ornithology, which places 
him on the threshold of the entrance to the innermost circles of bird-life.’’— Bostox 
Times. 
“* Mr. Chapman’s book ought to be as greatly in demand in the average household 
as a history of one’s country.’’"—Pvroviaence Fournal. 
_ The illustrations are undoubtedly the best bird drawings ever produced in Amer- 
ica.’—Recreation. 
“A comprehensive book, one that is sufficient for all the ordinary needs of the 
amateur ornithologist. It is satisfactory in every detail, and arranged with a care and 
method that will draw praise from the highest sources. Every lover of outdoor life will 
find this book a delightful companion and an invaluable aid.” —Buffalo Enquirer. 
“ A yolume exceptionally well adapted to the requirements of people who wish to 
study common birds in the simplest and most profitable manner possible. ... Asa 
readily intelligible and authoritative guide this manual has qualities that will commend 
it at once to the attention of the discerning student.” —Boston Beacon. 
“Such a study as every intelligent reader will desire to make, even the busiest of 
them. .. . ‘he author is in every way fitted for the task he has taken, and his book 
abounds in its facts of value, and they are pleasingly and gracefully told.” —Chzcago 
Inter- Ocean. 
“ An interesting mass of data collected through years of study and observation. . .. 
While accurate from a scientific point of view, it makes delightful reading for those who 
will soon be among the flowers and the fields.” —Phzladelphia Inquirer. 

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. 
