Birds by Land and Sea. 



THE RECORD OF A YEAR'S WORK WITH FIELD- 

 GLASS AND CAMERA BY JOHN MACLAIR BORASTON 

 ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DIRECT 

 FROM NATURE BY THE AUTHOR. DEMY 8vo. 



PRICE 10/6 NET. 



SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



MR. RICHARD LYDEKKER in Nature. " This book fulfils the 

 chief conditions we have previously insisted upon, as being 

 essential in all new works relating to the birds of the British 

 Isles, in that it is original, interesting, exquisitely illustrated 

 from living subjects, and not burdened with technical names. 

 Indeed, the latter are conspicuous by their complete absence, 

 thereby, no doubt, rendering the volume much more acceptable 

 to readers of all classes than it would have been had it included 

 the usually superfluous intercalations in bracketed italics. . . . 

 How successful have been the the results, both from the literary 

 and the artistic point of view, readers of his book will not, we 

 venture to think, be long in deciding. To whet their appetites, 

 we reproduce a couple of the illustrations, all of which, by the 



way, are taken from the author's own photographs 



Perhaps the Anglesey interlude forms the most interesting part 

 of the volume ; but, whether on a holiday or at home, the author 

 seems to be endowed with a marvellous capacity for work, both 

 in the matter of making and recording observations and in 

 taking photographs. . . . If it be said that this notice is purely 

 commendatory, and contains nothing in the way of criticism, 

 the reply is that we have found nothing to criticise or to 

 condemn. It is pure nature-study." 



Saturday Review. "Mr. Boraston is a naturalist, a naturalist 

 who can write and bring into his book something of the woodland 



