106 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDIES 
Cooke, W. W. Birds of Colorado. Agric. Exper. Sta. of Agric. College of Colo., Bulls. 
No. 37 (1897), 44 (1898) and 56 (1900). 
These four pamphlets are most necessary for Rocky Mountain ornithologists, being 
complete catalogues of the known species of the two states up to time of publication, with 
valuable notes on distribution, abundance, migration, habits, etc. A few species since 
found in Colorado are recorded in The Auk. 
CoveEs, Extiott. Birds of the Northwest. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Terr. (Hayden 
Survey), Miscel. Pub. No. 3. 1874. 
A very valuable treatise on habits of a large number of Rocky Mountain and Pacific 
Coast species. 
CoveEs, Ettiott. Birds of the Colorado Valley. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Terr. (Hayden 
Survey), Miscel. Pub. No. 11. 1878. 
“A repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American 
ornithology,” particularly useful to western students. 
BENDIRE, CHARLES. Life Histories of North American Birds with Special Reference 
to Their Breeding Habits and Eggs. U.S. Natl. Museum. Part 1, Spl. Bull. No. 1, 
1892; Part 2, Spl. Bull. No. 3, 1895. 
Exhaustive accounts of habits, with magnificent colored plates of the eggs. Death 
of the author prevented completion of the work which was intended to cover all North 
American species in five quarto volumes. 
REED, CHESTER A. North American Birds’ Eggs. Doubleday, Page & Co. 1904. 
365 pages. $2.50. 
Very briefly describes the birds, nests, eggs and habits. Eggs figured in black and 
white, showing distribution of colors as well as possible without the actual colors and 
showing the shape accurately. 
MERRIAM, FLORENCE A. Birds of Village and Field. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1808. 
400 pages. $2. 
Brief descriptions and copious comments on the habits of over 150 common species 
of birds, with a key thereto by colors for use in the field. An excellent book for beginners. 
MILLER, OLIVE THORNE. The First Book of Birds. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1899. 
144 pages. 60 cts. 
The best general bird book for children, telling of the living bird, its structure, growth 
and habits, not describing species. Language simple and clear. 
MILLER, OLIVE THORNE. The Second Book of Birds. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. r1gor. 
204 pages. $1.10 
Supplements “The First Book of Birds,” treating them in a general but systematic 
way by families, with accounts of the principal species under each family. 
Eckstrom, FANNIE H. The Woodpeckers. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 127 pages. $r- 
A fine popular account of these birds which are so useful to mankind in the preser- 
vation of trees from the ravages of insects. 
CHAPMAN, FRANK M. The Warblers of North America. D. Appleton & Co. 1907, 
300 pages. $3. 
An elaborate, authentic, up-to-date monograph of the wood warblers, with excellent 
colored plates. 
FisHER, A.K. The Hawks and Owls of the United States in Their Relation to Agriculture. 
U. S. Dept. Agric., Div. Orn. & Mam., Bull. No. 3. 1893. 
