THE OOLOGIST. 



ds of Eastern North America. 



With O-'iginal Descriptions of all the Species wiiicli occur East of the 



jM'ississippi Eiver, betMeeii the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of 



Mexico, with full Notes upon their Habits etc., by 



C. J. Maynarcl; containing thirty-two Plates 



drawn on Stone by the Author. 



, EEVISED EDITION OF 1881. 



This important work is a large quarto volume and contains 532 

 pages. 



The Okigin of the Work. 



Some twenty years ago the author decided to 

 write a -.vork ou birds, and In order to gather 

 material for this puriwse, began a series ol ex- 

 plorations to various sections o£ Eastern Nor '2 

 America, bvt'^ i^n 1 lie gulls o£ St. Lawrences and 

 Mexico, during which some sixteen thousand 

 birds were collected. All ot these underwent a 

 close ftxaniinatloii. their pec uliai-i ties were ob- 

 s^rvfdand reco dxi, aud many were dlssecred 

 and dni wings made oI the anatomical structure; 

 while careful measurements weie taken of nearly 

 all ol them, During- all this time, cotes ^vere 

 being written from observations upon the nesting 

 and other habits o£ the various species. 



Not onlv were the land birds carefully studied. 

 but special attention was also given to the aqua- 

 tic species, and many large breeding grounds on 

 the Florida Keys, along the coast and in the Gult 

 of St. Lawrence, were visited and thoroughly 

 explored, No tiine or expense has been spared 

 In ao'cumulattng material for the work, for the 

 expeditions ujidertaken for this purpose were 

 necessarily expensive, as the author was obliged 

 to employ many assistants, and thousands of 

 dollars were expended in this way. 



The Charactek of the Work. 



The descriptions of the birds are all original 

 and were writieu for the work, nothing which 

 hiis ever appeared in print before, being given. 

 Each species is described In detail, beginning 

 with the adult, and where it was known, ending 

 with that of the nestlings, while all the inter- 

 mediaie stages a.re given. The atleution of 

 8 udentsis poi'ilcularly caUed to this point, as 

 thereby auy species, even if in ol)scure plumage, 

 may be readily Identitied. Another chiu-acter, 

 which particularly recommends the book to be- 

 ginners, is the fact that very lew technical terms 

 are used, simpl'^ words being substliuted for the 

 lonjT and toi) often meaningless cognomens, 

 which have lem applied to the various parts 0? 

 b rds. Students will also llnd that comparisons 

 are given between one species and others allied 

 to it, thus greatly assisting in identification, 

 especially in closely allied species. 



The classiiication used, although similar to 

 that in cm'reiit use, presents some changes, 

 based upon tiio anatomical studies. Average 

 dimensions, orien taken Tj'om many specimens, 

 are given or each species, as well as the longest 

 and sbortesi, luulvldual measured. The distribu- 

 tion and extent of migration of each species is 

 also given, and a detailed description, with 

 measurements of the nests and eggs. The num- 



ber of species described is 449. Following the 

 description will be found a populai- account of 

 the habits etc. in which are mingled scenic 

 sketches and notes on travel and adventui-e. 

 The work is provided with full indexes of scien- 

 tific and common names, and an explanatory 

 list ol plates. 



The Plates. 



Tlilrty-two lull-sized plates, drawn on stone 

 and colored by hand, are given. In these are 

 represented twenty-two life-sizea figures of birds, 

 with approprtate plants, shrubs etc . ; eighty-six 

 Vjeads. also life-sized, representing many genera, 

 and two hundred and twenty -three other figures 

 ol sternums, beaks, etc., Illustrating family, gen- 

 eric and other characters, making in all three 

 huttdrecl and thirty-one figures, which are luUy 

 explained either in the text or in the index of 

 plates at the end of the volume. All ol the fig- 

 ures have been prepared with great care: in 

 short, no pains or expense have been spared to 

 render this work acceptable to beginners, as 

 well as to advanced students; and judging Irom 

 tiAC universal expressions ol approbation with 

 which the work has been received, as it has been 

 Issued in parts, the author's endeavors to please 

 the pubhc have not been in vain. 



The following was selected from among 

 many unsolicited testimonials: 



"The work is more valuable to me than any 

 other work on ornithology I possess or to which 

 I have access." 



Pkof. J. \V. P. Jenks, Brown University Provl- 

 detice, R. I. 



The publisher's price, lor this valuable work, 

 iv.i~i $18.00, and every copy in their possession 

 has been sold. We have a lew copies, bound in 

 cioth and gilt, on hand, with plates partly col- 

 or:ni by hand; new copies, not second-hand ones, 

 ;.i, only $ia.Oo each. 



We also have a lew copies, strongly bound in 

 boards with leather corners and back-text com- 

 victe; but each volume lacks irom one to six of 

 the original plates, otherwise new and comidete. 

 Our price only $10.00 per volume. 



The $10.00 edition we are now having bound, 

 and they will not be ready lor delivery until 

 about July 15th. If you will send us your order 

 before that date we will send you the vol. lor 

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 ' Albion, N. Y. 



