,sT> F. ii. LATTIN, GATNES, N, v. 



Tlie first aim of this work is to render as popular and 

 attractive as possible, as well as to bring within a small 

 compass, the sum total of Hie bird life of Eastern North 

 America, The author has therefore given brief descrip- 

 tions, and for the most part full life histories, of all the 

 species commonly east of the Mississippi, giving special at- 

 tention to the songs and nesting, and dwelling upon the 

 curious and fascinating, of which there is so much in the 

 lives of these wonderful creatures. The narrative follows, 

 for the most part, the order of the seasons, and groups itself 

 about certain interesting localities, as Xiagara River and St. 

 Clair Flats, for instance. lie gives ;i good deal of attention 

 to migration, instinct, the facts of nidification, the special 

 ized forms and adaptations of structure in birds, etc., etc., 

 endeavoring particularly to make all this readable. 



In short, he has tried to meet a demand never yet met 

 in this country to have a work on birds for everybody. 

 Me writes almost entirely from personal observation, incor- 

 porating in his work a full report for Western New York 

 and the adjoining regions of the Great Lakes, and a pretty 

 full report, for Nova Scotia, also a good deal of direct infor- 

 mation from Hudson's Bay, by means of an excellent cor- 

 respondent. 



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