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CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, i887. 



The Nighthawk, {ChordeiUs vir^inianus (Gmel.) ) {After A itduhon's Plate) Frontispiece. 



Character of John James Audubon.— II 219 



The Nighthawk 221 



Under the Lighthouse. By Cdia Thaxto- 223 



Hints to Audubon Workers.— VI. By Flon-mc A. Mcn-iam 224 



Byram and Ghopal.— VII 227 



An Earnest Appeal to "Young America." By Gen. L. /■:. spinner. 230 



All Night on a Mountain. By E. B. Bany 232 



The Rice Bird 235 



The Audubon Note Book: 



Mkmukksiiii' Returns 236 



Cranks 236 



Migratory Notes 236 



"Manual of North American Birds" 236 



Editor's T.m.k 237 



The Audubon Society 238 



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A. O. U. Check List of X. A. Birds 3 00 Intelligence of Animals, 54 illus., Menaut. . . i 00 



American Bird Fancier 50 John Burroughs' Works: Wake Robin; W'in- 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 ter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; Locusts and 



Audubon's Journals: Compiled by his widow. Wild Honey; Signs and Seasons; each vol. i 50 



edited by J. G. Wilson (with steel plate en- Mammals of New York, paper $4; cloth 5 00 



graving of the great naturalist after Inman's Manual of Taxidermy, Maynard i 25 



painting); octavo • • 2 00 Manual of Vertebrates, Jordan 2 50 



Baird's Birds of North America 30 00 Minot's Land and Game Birds 3 00 



Bird Notes, from Forest and Stream 75 Native Song Birds 75 



liirds and Wild Animals Wilson i 75 Naturalist's Assistant, Kingsley i 50 



Birds Nesting, Ingersoll i 25 Naturalists' Guide, Maynard 200 



Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania 400 PracticalTaxidermy& Home Decoration, Batty i 50 



Birds and their Haunts 300 Shore Birds 15 



Cage and Singing Birds, Adams 50 Taxidermy Without a Teacher, Manton 50 



Common Objects of the Seashore 50 Taxidermists' Manual, Brown i 00 



Coues' Check List of North American Birds. . 3 00 Taxidermists' Manual, illus.. Brown 50 



Game Water Birds of Atlantic Coast, Roosevelt 2 00 Thoreau's Works: Excursions in Field and 



Guide to the Study of Insects, Packard 5 00 Forest; Walden, or Life in the Woods; The 



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Insect Worid, Figuier i 50 setts; Summer; each vol i 50 



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