The Birds’ Calendar 
and interior States that do not penetrate at 
least a little way up the Valley of the Connecti- 
cut, and are thus included among the New 
England birds. One feature of this book espe- 
cially valuable to the beginner is a register con- 
taining the species that may be expected on 
each month of the year, with approximate dates 
of arrival and departure, and times of nesting. 
For the latitude of New York, of course the 
dates of arrival and departure will be respec- 
tively earlier and later by a few days. 
In studying the water-fowl, recourse must be 
had to some other work, and a very satisfactory 
one, treating of the land-birds as well, is ‘‘ New 
England Bird Life,’’ by W. A. Stearns, edited 
by Elliott Coues (2 vols., Lee & Shepard). 
But as far as land-birds are concerned, Mi- 
not’s work is preferable. Another, that cov- 
ers the same ground as the one by Stearns, in 
one volume, is Samuel’s ‘‘ Birds of New Eng- 
land .”? 
The most complete work on the subject is 
the large volume by Elliott Coues, recently 
*A valuable work entitled ‘‘ Our Common Birds, and 
How to Know Them,” by John B, Grant (Charles Scrib- 
ner’s Sons), combines a set of photographic illustrations 
with a brief description of the birds. 
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