ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATURAL SCI- 

 ENCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. NEW YORK, U. S. A. 

 FOUNDED 1888. INCORPORATED 1892. OBJECT : TO DIS- 

 SEMINATE AND PROMOTE NATURAL SCIENCE INFORMA- 

 TION. 



w Birds of North America 



. . ANNOUNCEMENT . . 



To disseminate and promote natural science information, as well as to gratify 

 a universal taste, the Association takes pleasure in placing before the public, un- 

 der its auspices, a work containing artistically colored illustrations of over eight 

 hundred different species of birds, comprising nearly all that are known to exist 

 on this continent, including Mexico and Central America, accompanied by a 

 copious text giving a popular account of their habits and characteristics, and em- 

 bracing in general the observations made by the most eminent writers on 

 ornithology. 



The original drawings for the work were made from nature by Theodore Jas- 

 per, A.M., M.D., an artist of superior capabilities, who has made ornithology a 

 life-study. Revised by John Graham Bell, Esq., Audubon's companion in the 

 field, and a well-known ornithologist and taxidermist. The systematic table, 

 arranged according to the classification adopted by the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, was prepared by Frank M. Chapman, Esq., Assistant Ornithologist at The 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York, includes all the additions to 

 and corrections of our North American species which have been made to date, with 

 an index to page, plate, and figure, of each species, according to the A. O. U. number. 



There is no more attractive study than ornithology, the department of zoology 

 which treats of the structure, habits, and classification of birds. The graceful 

 forms, movements, and habits of the feathered tribes have been celebrated in all 

 ages by poets and artists, and have furnished the instructors of mankind with 

 lessons of wisdom. But this admiration is not confined to the poet, the artist, or 

 the sage ; it is universal. Wherever human beings are found, the forms, the 

 plumage, the songs, the migrations, the loves and contests of birds, awaken curi- 

 osity and wonder. No similar work containing so many beautiful and faithful 

 pictures of living birds and so much descriptive information is now extant, or 

 has ever been published, in this or any other country. 



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