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has writtea a fsvork on ornithology, giving a complete account of tl;e present state 

 and results of tliat science."— The Literciry Bulletin, Oct-.,- 1872. 



"The foithcominst work of Dr. Elliott Cones on ornithology will belong dis- 

 Unclivefy to the ui-cru' class of manual.<, and b5 ffspecjallj* adapted tatlie require- 

 ments of students, amateurs and teachers.' No^^^ork of this character, professing 

 to teach ornitliolng-y to the uninitiated, and susceptible of use as 'a text-book in 

 educatiujial institutions, has liitlrejito appeared. Those with a taste for this study, 

 who liave been deterred from its' pursuit by tiie tijflicujty'of mastdini? the tefthui- 

 "calitics in' the absence of a siiitable guidfe, will tind the way made perfectly <fclear 

 "to thttm^^—Th^ Golden Age, Sept. 7, 1S72. 



"Dr. Coue^ has written art admirable book on North American Vin-As."— Balti- 

 more Bulletin, March 8. 1873." 



" No expense lias been spared in the preparation of .this volume. The woodcuts 

 are so well executed they would easily pass for something better. The index is 

 complete; so is tlie glossary." — Chicago Times. 



"Th^ descrii)tious are exceedingly complete and minute; the large number of 

 illustrations serve to miike the text more clearly understood, and the volume is ^ 

 very valuable contribution to ornithology."— i?os<o» Journal, Jan. 28. 1873. 



'•The book- has been carefully prepa^-ed andscontains a vast amount of informa- 

 tion. * * *. It is a book of irfestimable value 'to the naturalist, and should be 

 found in the library of every 'such person thrdughput the land."-^ Boston Traveller. ■ 

 ■ " A more-elegant scientific ijiujilication tlian the 'Key to North American Birds,' • 

 just issued by tliis house, is not to be found. This w{n-k, of which Elliott Cones, 

 M.D., is the autlior, forms a very valuable and exhaustive treatise upon the birds 

 of the continent nortli of Mexico. The large number 'of plates and of woodcuts, 

 renders it especially interesting, and the style* of its publication is almost sunip: 

 tlious." — Boston Post. ,. 



" Some of ;our disti*iguislied men of science seentrtohRive-iihiced their collections 

 and theii- suggestions' at the service of Mr. Cones, but he is fundamentidly .an 

 origiual.!exijrlorer. Nobody can look over the beaittiful book >vitbout I'eeliug that 

 the author has added to ornithology as well as furnished its North American ' Key.' 

 We wish we knew enough about the subject to convict Htm of ■ a fe% mistakes. 

 Having, however, great respect for specialists, we never venture to intrude .in 

 opinion we liave not earned the right to give by special study. It is a inO(.]est ab- 

 dication of an insolent tyraniH', but we make it with satisfaction. It would be 

 cruel, perhaps, to disturb the useful superstition that notices of booTis are omnis- 

 cient and infallible. .fc>till, wc reluctantly confess that Mr. Cones is ahead Of us in 

 his particular braucli^of knowledge, and \fte have submitted to the intolerable 

 ignominy of learning sometliing from liim with a keeu sense of pleasure. Indeed 

 tHis "Key to Nokh American Birds"- is a volume which will atti-act all naturalists 

 for its accuracy of desci-iption and its Contributions to the work of intelligent 

 class'flcatio"n ."_—i?os«OM Globe. '. ' ■ " i? *■. %." 



'' And theihigh commendation it h^s receiTeifl, froni cdmiietentMthoiStile in tliia 

 counfry and England, is even more than ^istified by the accuracy Of description, 

 thi fulness of detail, the convenience of classification, and the admirable arrange- 

 meut-of tlie volume. * •* * Dr. Coues, still a young man, and connected with 

 the United States Army, has spent a long time in obtaining the materials for his 

 work; but in it industry is subordinate to tact, ami art to genius. He is a born 

 naturalist. He is' a' close and fine observer of all natural-4)heHomena_, and were 

 he wrecked on a rock in mid ocean he w'oufd commence scientific resejjrches Jje- 

 fore l^is clothes -wfe're dry. * '* * And he writes as well as he obsei-ves, in a 

 clear, Accurate stj-^e, colorless in itself, but transmitting the native liifes of the 

 objects he describes. And these qnalititi? appear in the work before us. to en- 

 hance its value. * * * We have no hand-book of siinilar character, and none 

 that occupies the place it ccynpletely fills.-"- GoldeiinAge, July 5, 1873. 



