THE COUES CHECK LIST 



OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



SECOND EDITION, 



WITH A 



DICTIONARY OF THE SCIENTIFIC NAMES. 



ONE VOLUME ROYAL OCTAVO, $3.00. 



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Some Opinions of Reviewers. 



The treatment of some of the most essential points which should form the in- 

 itial training of the word-constructor and word-expounder is erroneous and mis- 

 leading . . . The lack of clear logic, incisive statement, and proper arrangement 

 in the process of derivation confronts one continually. — A. C. Aferriam, in 

 The Auk. 



We need not say that the fine scholarship of Dr. Coues has made this diction- 

 ary of birds a rara avis in scientific literature.— Nexv York Herald. 



This is a unique feature, rarely attempted in scientific works, and nowhere 

 else so well done as here. The highest praise must be awarded to Dr. Coues 

 for the fullness, accuracy and literary elegance with which this part of his work 

 has been performed. . . . Three hundred titles are included, which shows cer- 

 tainly that the most graceful pen now wielded in American science is also one 

 of the most active. — The Chicago Dial. 



Those who are familiar with the author's peculiarly felicitous literary style, 

 as displayed in his 'Birds of the Colorado Valley,' and in his numberless essays 

 and published addresses, will not be surprised to find that he has accomplished 

 that rare feat of making a dictionary readable. The happy faculty of adorning 

 whatever he touches does not tail him even here, the dryest philological techni- 

 calities being vivified with the genius of a master of words. — The Washington 

 Capital . 



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