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bulletins, etc. Contains an extensive bibliography of economic ornithology, and as every- 
one interested in the subject should have this book we omit from this catalogue all those 
papers. 
ForBUSH, EDWARD HowE. Useful Birds and Their Protection. Massachusetts State Board 
of Agriculture 2d ed., 1907. 422 pages. $1. 
A very elaborate work, treating economic ornithology first in a general way, then in 
detail with reference to Massachusetts species. The most useful American work on the 
subject. Well illustrated. 
RipGway, RoBEert. Birds of North and Middle America. U.S. Natl. Museum, Bull. 
No. 50, Parts I toIV. 1901-1907. Other parts to follow. 
The greatest technical systematic work on American ornithology, intended to describe 
all the species in eight good-sized volumes. Descriptions are full and minute, an exhaustive 
bibliography accompanying each description. Contains nothing concerning habits. 
Available in larger public libraries. 
Ripeway, ROBERT. A Manual of North American Birds. J. B. Lippincott & Co. 
4th edition. 1900. 614 pages. $7.50. 
A descriptive manual in one thick volume arranged in form of a key. Descriptions 
brief and technical. Figures of bills, feet, and wing and tail feathers in back of book. 
Very convenient for identification of birds in the hand for minute examination, not so 
useful for beginners or for field use. 
CoUvuES, ELLIOTT. Key to North American Birds. Dana Estes & Co. 5th edition, 1903. 
2 Vols. (Former editions one volume.) 1152 pages. $12.50. 
Descriptions more extended and somewhat less technical than in Ridgway’s Manual, 
with considerable information on habits and many useful illustrations, consequently better 
for the general non-technical student who deals with birds chiefly in the field. A valuable 
introduction deals with structure, classification, the collecting and preserving of birds, nests, 
eggs, and other useful information, unfortunately not revised in the last edition. 
CHAPMAN, FRANK M., AND REED, CHESTER A. Color Key to North American Birds, 
Doubleday, Page & Co. 1903. 289 pages. $2.50. 
The most useful book for amateur identification of birds in the field. Descriptions 
meager but aided by about 800 colored figures, which, though small and not works of art, 
enable one readily to recognize many species. 
CHAPMAN, FRANK M. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. D. Appleton & 
Co. 6th edition, 1903. 414 pages. $3. 
BAILEY, FLORENCE MERRIAM. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. Hough- 
ton, Mifflin & Co. 1902. 485 pages. $3.50. 
General plan of these two handbooks the same, one covering eastern species, the 
other confined to the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast Regions and therefore more useful 
to western students. The descriptions are brief and non-technical, illustrations helpful 
and prices bring them within reach of many who would not feel justified in purchasing the 
great works of Ridgway and Coues. 
BairD, S. F., CASSIN, JOHN, AND LAWRENCE, G.N. A Monograph of the Birds of North 
America North of Mexico. Pac. R.R.Survey Repts. Vol. IX. Washington. 1858. 
Describes all birds known for the United States and Canada at that time, once most 
mportant but now supplanted by later and more complete manuals. 
KNIGHT, WitBUR C. The Birds of Wyoming. Wyo. Exper. Sta., Univ. of Wyo., Agric. 
Dept., Bull. No. 55. 1902. 
