Birds of the United States 



A Manual for the Identification of Species East of the 

 Rocky Mountains 



By AUSTIN C. APGAR 

 Author of "Trees of the Northern United States," etc. 



Cloth, I 2mo, 415 pages, with numerous illustrations. Price, $2.00 



The object of this book is to encourage the study of 

 Birds by making it a pleasant and easy task. The treat- 

 ment, while thoroughly scientific and accurate, is interest- 

 ing and popular in form and attractive to the reader or 

 student. It covers the following divisions and subjects : 



PART I. A general description of Birds and an explanation 

 of the technical terms used by ornithologists. 



PART II. Classification and description of each species 

 with Key. 



PART III. The study of Birds in the field, with Key for 

 their identification. 



PART IV. Preparation of Bird specimens. 



The descriptions of the several species have been pre- 

 pared with great care and present several advantages over 

 those in other books. They are short and so expressed 

 that they may be recalled readily while looking at the 

 bird. They are thus especially adapted for field use. The 

 illustrations were drawn especially for this work. Their 

 number, scientific accuracy, and careful execution add much 

 to the value and interest of the book. The general Key to 

 Land and Water Birds and a very full index make the 

 book convenient and serviceable both for the study and 

 for field work. 



Apgar's Birds of the United States will be sent, prepaid, to any address 

 on receipt of the price by the Publishers: 



American Book Company 



NEW YORK CINCINNATI * CHICAGO 



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