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An indexed list of all available publications of this office 

 is also in course of preparation, and all applications for this 

 list will be placed on file and a copy of this list mailed as 

 soon as it is available. 



History of the Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds 

 OF Massachusetts and Adjacent States. 

 A companion book to " Useful Birds and their Protec- 

 tion," by Edward Howe Forbush, State Ornithologist, has 

 been prepared by the same author and copies are now avail- 

 able through this office. The title of the book is, " A History 

 of the Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds of Massa- 

 chusetts and Adjacent States." This is a cloth-bound volume 

 of over 600 pages, fully illustrated. The bill providing for 

 the publication of this volume is chapter 90 of the Eesolves 

 of 1910. The resolve provides for the sale of the book at 

 not less than the cost of printing and binding. The price of 

 the book is $1, and the purchaser must pay the cost of trans- 

 portation, which is 41 cents per volume, postage. The book 

 will be sent by express, collect, if desired. The work itself 

 is a full and complete history of game birds, wild-fowl and 

 shore birds of this section of the country, and includes those 

 used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of 

 the country, and those which are now hunted for food or 

 sport, with observations on their former abundance and 

 recent decrease in numbers ; also the means for conserving 

 those still in existence. Copies of the previous book, " Useful 

 Birds and their Protection," written by Mr. Forbush, and 

 published by the State Board of Agriculture, may also be 

 obtained through this office at $1 per copy, plus 36 cents 

 postage on each volume. These two books form a very valu- 

 able treatise of the birds of Massachusetts and adjacent States 

 and should have a prominent place in every library, and espe- 

 cially in the libraries of those who are particularly interested 

 in the conservation of our wild life, of which the feathered 

 tribe forms such an important part. 



