BEEBE'S THE BIRD ITS FORM AND FUNCTION 



By C. WILLIAM BKKIJK, Curator of Birds in the New York Zoologi- 

 cal Park, American Nature Series, with frontispiece in color and 370 

 illustrations from photographs, 496 pps. 8vo, $3.50 net, by mail $3.80. 



The story of the evolution of birds unlocked from technical language. 

 The treatment is popular, and the volume is intended for all nature- 

 lovers and students, and as an accompaniment to the identification book. 



"It is no little compliment to Mr. Beebe's book to say that among 

 American works it invites comparison only with Part II of the late Dr. 

 Coues's classic ' Key to North American Birds' (published separately 

 only in England) and the present volume is the first in this country to 

 be devoted wholly to a study of the relations existing between a bird's 

 structure and its habits. 



" So many of the 370 odd illustrations were made by the author 

 from living birds, either in nature or in captivity, that they constitute 

 an actual addition to our sources of information." 7 he Nation. 



'Told in simple language, by a man who has made bird life the study of a 

 lifetime. ... A new departure in the literature of bird study." Reviews of 

 Reviews. 



KNOWLTON'S BIRDS OF THE WORLD 



By FRANK H. KNOWLTON, of the U. S. National Museum, with 

 chapter on the Anatomy of Birds by F. A. LUCAS, Chief Curator, 

 Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, and edited by ROBERT RIDG- 

 WAY, Curator of Birds, U. S. National Museum. American Nature 

 Series. With 16 colored plates and several hundred text cuts. $7,00 

 net. Carriage 40 cents extra. 



A modern, popular account. Following several prelimiary chapters 

 on the general appearance and structure of birds, their migrations, dis- 

 tribution, classification, etc., every known family, both fossil and living, 

 has been passed in review and accorded approximately equal and even 

 treatment. The treatment of the game birds has been made very full. 



' So far as possible technical language is avoided. Any one can find out 

 what he wants about any bird he is interested in. The scientific terms are theie, 

 but all he wants to know is put in language he can easily understand. The 

 colored plates are remarkably good and the other pictures really illustrate. The 

 previous volumes of this series have been remarkably practical and helpful. Dr. 

 Knowlton's ' Birds ' comes up to their standard in every respect. It will be wel- 

 come to ornithologists and still more to the general public." New York Sun. 



" Series of Nature books have appeared in rather surprising number, but the 

 best of them is "The American Nature Series." . . . Enough is given to 

 make identification a simple and attractive task. The arrangement, and its 

 classification of the subjects is so well executed that even the tryo will not become 

 lost in his journey." Springfield Republican. 



" The author has succeeded admirably. The illustrations are excellent and 

 numerous. The colored plates are well executed. Should be in every library as 

 well as every school library." Scientific American. 



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