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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