Copyright, 1887, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Entered at New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, i887. 



The Chimney Swift, Clurtura pehgica, Linn. (^After Audubon's Plate). Frontispiece 74 



John James Audubon.— IV 75 



The Chimney Swift 77 



Charley's Wonderful Journey.— III. By C. F. Amen'. (Illustrated) 82 



Byram and Ghopal.— 1 1 85 



Earth Builders 87 



"Sailor Jack" (illustrated) go 



Subscribe to the "Audubon " 91 



The Audubon Note Book: 



Membership Returns 92 



Robins North and South 92 



The Garden Bird 92 



" Little Tom " 93 



Do Not Kill the Owls 93 



My Pet Rats 93 



The Audubon Society 94 



Useful and Entertaining Books. 



T/fE FOLLOWING WORKS ON' NATURAL HISTORY ARE RECOMMENDED TO 



THOSE INTERESTED IN THE STUDY OF THIS SUBJECT. 



A Naturalist's Rambles About Home, Abbott. |r 50 Intelligence of Animals, 54 illus., Menaut. . . i oo 



A. O. U. Check List of N. A. Birds 3 oo Mammals of New York, paper $4" cloth 5 00 



American Bird Fancier 50 Manual of Taxidermy, Maynard i 25 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 Manual of Vertebrates, Jordan 2 50 



Baird's Birds of North America 30 00 Maynard's Butterflies, colored plates 5 50 



Bird Notes, from Forest and Stream 75 Minot's Land and Game Birds 3 00 



Birds and Wild Animals, Wilson i 75 Native Song Birds 75 



Birds Nesting, Ingersoll i 25 Naturalist's Assistant, Kingsley i 50 



Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania 4 00 Naturalists' Guide, Maynard 2 00 



Birds and their Haunts 3 00 Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration, 



Cage and Singing Birds, Adams 50 Batty i 50 



Common Objects of the Seashore 50 Shore Birds 15 



Coues' Check List of North American Birds. . 3 00 Taxidermy Without a Teacher, Manton 50 



Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast, Taxidermists' Manual, Brown i 00 



Roosevelt 2 00 Taxidermists' Manual, illus.. Brown 50 



(iuide to the Study of Insects, Packard 5 00 Wilson's Noctes Ambrosianre, by Prof. Wil- 



Ilolden's Book of Birds, paper 25 son, J. (]. Lockhardt, James Hogg and Dr. 



Insect World, Figuier i 50 Maginn, 6 vols., crown 8vo., cloth, $9.00; 



Insects Injurious to Vegetation, Harris. ..... 4 oo half calf 18 00 



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