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THE BITTERN 



Nature's Calendar A Guide and Record 

 for Outdoor Observations in Natural History, 

 by Ernest IngersoU, with twelve illustrations 

 from original photographs by Clarence Lown. 

 New York and London. Harper & Brothers. 

 Cloth, Sl.50. Pages xii-270. 

 Tiiis neat volume is a i^-actical guide to 

 nature's happenings day by day. It is a useful 

 book for the student of nature in which to re- 

 cord his daily observations, and when the notes 

 for the year are complete will have, as the au- 

 thor says in his introduction, "a record full of 

 the sunshine of summer days, the singing of 

 birds, the gaiety of butterflies and blossoms, 

 the aroma of the woods and the plash and 

 sparkle of waters." The author's skill with the 

 pen is well known. Tlie matter is arranged 

 under months with an introductory essay and 

 picture, the calendar following" with the mam- 

 mals, birds, fishes, batrachians, reptiles and in- 

 sects belonging to that month. 



The dates given refer to an ordinary season 

 in the region about New York city. Each page 

 has a wide dated margin to enable the reader 

 to note his own observations. C. F. H. 



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Squirrels and Other Furbearers, by 

 John Burroughs, with fifteen illustrations in 

 colors after Audubon and a frontispiece from 

 life. Boston and New York. Houghton, 

 Mifflin & Co. 



In this neat little volume of 149 pages, fra- 

 grant of the out-of-doors, Mr. Burroughs has 

 gathered for the younger readers most of his 

 scattered notes on our smaller mammals — the 

 squirrels, tlie chipmunk, the woodchuck, the 

 rabbit, the muskrat, the skunk, the fox, the 

 weasel, the mink, the raccoon, the porcupine, 

 the opossum, the wild mice -and has added to 



them much interesting new matter. There are 

 also two chapters, essays on "Glimpses of Wild 

 Life" and "A Life of Fear," written in the au- 

 thor's own charming style. Burroughs always 

 interests us. The book will be read by old as 

 well as young. The reproduction of fifteen of 

 Audubon's colored plates of small mammals 

 adds to the interest and value of the book. 



C. F. H. 

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 Through the Year with Birds and 

 Poets, edited by Sarah Williams, with in- 

 troduction by Bradford Torrey. Cloth. Richly 

 bound, gilt top, 850 ppg. Illustrated by 

 Walter M. Hardy. Boston. Lee & Shep- 

 ard, publishers. 1900. 



This anthology by Miss Williams forms a 

 splendid collection of the best American poems 

 relating to birds, classified according to the 

 seasons of the year and subdivided by months, 

 each division having an illustrated title page 

 showing some of the birds appropriate to the 

 time of year indicated. 



"Through the Year with Birds and Poets" 

 will appeal to every student of nature and lover 

 of our feathered friends. This handsomely 

 bound volume contains 242 poems or extracts 

 of poems. Ninety-nine of our poets are repre- 

 sented. The work is unique and attractive and 

 one of the prettiest of the season, and will cer- 

 tainly prove an acceptable gift book. 



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 Feathers for a Year, published by R. H. 

 Russell, 3 W^est Twenty-ninth street, New 

 York, is the most beautiful bird calendar 

 ])ublished, reproducing in the exact colors 

 eleven drawings by H. H. Bennett of life- 

 sized birds characteristic of the season, each 

 drawing described by an appropriate verse. 



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W.^NTED. — Iviberal prices will be iiaid for Nos. 4, 5, 6, 

 S, 10 and 11 of Vol. 1, Nidologist, and for Nos. 2 and 4 of 

 Vol. 1, of The Osprey. Guy C. Ri.h, M. D., Tr.y Bldg., 

 Sioux City. Iowa- 



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 same, please send full lists. State catalogued pre- 

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