ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Birdsnesting ; 



Being a complete Description of the Nests and Eggs 

 OF Birds which breed in Great Britain and Ireland. 



By Edward Newman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



This work is written expressly for the use of out-of-doors 

 Naturalists and that better class of Schoolboys who take up 

 Natural History as an instructive recreation. Under each 

 species will be found 



1. The English name. 



2. The Latin name. 



3. The situation in which the nest is to be found. 



4. The materials of which the nest is built, together with 

 any particulars of its shape which will assist in determining 

 by what bird it is built. 



5. The number and colour of the eggs, describing such 

 variations as are occasionally met with. 



In compiling this work the sources whence I have drawn 

 my information are — 



1. My own memoranda. 



2. Col. Montagu's 'Ornithological Dictionary.' 



3. Mr. Selby's ' Illustrations of Ornithology.' 



4. Mr. Hewitson's ' Oology.' 



5. The ' Zoologist,' not only every volume but every num- 

 ber of which abounds in original and highly important obser- 

 vations on the life-history and distinguishing characters of 

 birds. 



6. ' The Letters of Rusticus.' 



7. Observations, emendations and additions by Mr. Bond, 

 of Cambridge, and Mr. Doubleday, of Epping. With the 

 view of making this work as complete as possible, these 

 two gentlemen, our best British ornithologists, have gone 

 over the list, species by species, and, in a manner deserving 

 the warmest and most sincere thanks of all lovers of birds, 

 have corrected whatever they thought erroneous, erased what- 

 ever they considered doubtful, and added whatever they 

 believed necessary to make the list complete. 



Price Is. Id., post free. 



Edward Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate. 



