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A LIST OF BOOKS ON BIRDS 



Bailey, Florence Merriam. Birds of Village and Field. 406 pages. 

 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Gives keys for identifying 

 the land birds, with descriptions of appearance and habits. 



Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. 570 pages. 



Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Covers territory from the 

 Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean ; useful for students in the West. 



Blanchan, Neltje. Birds That Every Child Should Know. 281 pages. 

 Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, New York. Adapted to the 

 use of the young child. Beautiful illustrations in black and white. 



Bird Neighbors. 234 pages, 48 colored plates. Doubleday, 



Page & Co., Garden City, New York. An introductory acquaint- 

 ance with 150 of our most common birds. 



Chapman, Frank M. Bird Life. 283 pages. D. Appleton & Co., 

 New York. A guide to the study of our common birds. Has 

 75 full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson 

 Seton. 



Birds of Eastern North America. 530 pages. D. Appleton & Co., 



New York. Describes all the species of birds of region covered. 



Finley, William L. American Birds Studied and Photographed from Life. 

 256 pages. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 



Forbush, Edward H. Useful Birds and Their Protection. 2 vols., 451 

 pages each. Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, Boston. 

 Contains illustrations of noxious insects and the birds that feed 

 on them, with descriptions of their habits. 



Herrick, Francis H. The Home Life of Wild Birds. 255 pages. G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons, New York. Has good illustrations. 



Job, H. K. How to Study Birds. 272 pages. Outing Publishing Com- 

 pany, New York. A practical guide for amateur bird-lovers. 



Pearson, T. Gilbert. A Bird Study Book. 258 pages. Doubleday, 

 Page & Co., Garden City, New York. Treats of the domestic life 

 and migration of the birds and what is being done to protect them. 



Reed, Chester A. Birds of Eastern North America. 456 pages. Double- 

 day, Page & Co., Garden City, New York. Contains small colored 

 illustrations of every species common to the United States and 

 Canada, from the Atlantic Coast to the Rockies. 



Traf ton, Gilbert H. Methods of Attracting Birds. 171 pages. Hough- 

 ton Mifflin Company, Boston. Contains illustrations of bird 

 houses and shpws how grounds may be made inviting to birds. - 



Wright, Mabel Osgood. Birder aft. 317 pages. The Macmillan Com- 

 pany, New York. A field book .of 200 song, game, and water birds, 

 with 80 full-page plates. Keys for identifying birds are included. 



