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THE OOLOGIST. 



TWO NEW BO OKS ! 



OF INTEREST TO 



ORNITHOLOGISTS 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



BIRDS OF KANSAS 



By N. S. GOSS. 



This Valuable Addition to the Literature of 

 Kansas is Now Ready for Sale. 



It is unnecessary for us to say to old residents 

 of Kansas anything in regard to Col. Goss or 

 his accomplishments. But to others we will 

 say, that he is a life-long Naturalist; an enthus- 

 iast in his chosen study of Ornithology ; a mem- 

 ber of the Council of the American Ornithologi- 

 cal Union, and a recognized authority on his 

 chosen subject. 



The Goss Ornithological Collection is solely 

 the work of this author. Each specimen has 

 been obtained and preserved by his own effort, 

 and the entire collection— which is one of the 

 largest in the country, the result of one man's 

 exertions— has been presented to the State of 

 Kansas, and is on exhibition in a room in the 

 State House set apart by law for that purpose ; 

 and his entire time and fortune are devoted to 

 its perfection ; long and expensive trips are an- 

 nually made to increase the collection. With- 

 in a few years he has generously prepared for 

 the State, without cost, two separate catalogues 

 of Kansas Birds. 



The book is handsomely bound in full cloth, 

 with gold embossed back and sides. There are 

 693 pages, beside the photogravure illustrations 

 of 529 birds. 



Price, $7.50; delivered on receipt of price. 

 Reduced price for quantities. Sample pages 

 showing the quality of the paper on which the 

 book is printed, and the style of the matter and 

 llnstrations mailed for stamp. 



The Birds of Greenland 



By Andreas T. Hagrerup. Trans- 

 lated from the Danish by Frimann 

 B. Arngrrimson. Edited by Mon- 

 tague Chamberlain. 8vo. Paper. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of One 

 Dollar. 



This is the only complete catalogue of the 

 birds that have been found in Greenland which 

 has been published since 1875, when Newton, 

 of Cambridge, England, issued a list for the 

 guidance of northern explorers. His list, how- 

 ever, was published in a large book, with other 

 matter, and is not well known. 



In the Hagerup-Chamberlain catalogue there 

 are some ten species given that did not appear 

 in Newton's list, and several species given in 

 the New Catalogue have not before been known 

 to occur in Greenland. 



Hagerup is a Danish Mining Engineer, who 

 spent two and one-half years in Southern 

 Greenland. His notes on the habits of little 

 known birds— several of the Sea Fowl. Gyrfal- 

 con, Ptarmigan. Redpoll, Snow Bunting,. 

 Wheatear, etc. are interesting, and many of 

 them are valuable. Some of his opinions upon 

 disputed points differ from those of the chief 

 "authorities," and some of his facts differ from 

 those stated by other observers. These are 

 stated tersely, and are supported by direct evi- 

 dence drawn from his note-book. His oppor- 

 tunities have been greater than those of any 

 other observer, who has written of the birds o'f 

 Greenland. 



The editor is well known to ornithologists, 

 having been one of the founders of the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, and for several 

 years an associate editor of "The Auk." He is. 

 author of The Birds of New Brunswick, Cana- 

 dian Birds, and numerous minor papers. 



Address all orders to 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



-A.ii.33ioixr, r<r. 



