THli YOUiNG OOLOGIST. 



A New Work on, Ornithology. 



OUR BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS, 



—BY— 



Rev. J. S. Lazi^ille, M. A. 



The attention of the readers of The Voung Oologist is respectfully called to the article on 

 the Bobolink, taken from this work, on page 83, Oct. Young Oologist, and to the following 

 letter : 



850 West Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 To the readers of the Young Oologist : 



Permit m; to call yoir attention to a work on Ornithology, which I have been preparing for 

 many years. It is now published by S. E. Cassino & Co. of Boston, Mass, of the size known as 

 octav 5, cut-down, and contains 624. pages in long primer, having twenty-five fine cuts, mostly 

 by Sheppard. 



The first aim of this work is to render as popular and attractive as possible, as well as to 

 brino- vi'ithin a sinall compass, the sum total of the bird life of Eastern North America. I have 

 therefore given brief descriptions, and for the most pan full life histories, of all the species com- 

 monly east of the Mississippi, giving special attention to the songs and nesting, and dwelling 

 upon the curious and fascinating, of which there is so much in the lives of these wonderful creat- 

 ures. The narrative follows, for the most part, the order ot the seasons, and groups itself about 

 certain interesting localities, as Niagara River and St. Clair Flats, for instance. I give a good 

 deal of attention to migration, instinct, the facts of nidification, the specialized forms and adapt- 

 ations of structure in birds, etc., etc., endeavoring particularly to make all this readable. 



Particularly do I note the many instances of a Designing Intelligence in this department of 



nature. 



In short, I have tried to meet a demand never yet met in this country —to have a work on 

 birds for everybody. I write almost entirely from personal observation, incorporating in my 

 work a full report for Western New York and the adjoining regions of the Great Lakes, and a 

 pretty full report for Nova Scotia, also a good deal of direct information from Hudson's Bay, by 

 means of an excellent correspondent. 



This feature of original mvestigation should specially command the work to the scientist. 

 The above entitled "Our Birds in Their Haunts," in cloth, and on fine tinted paper, will cost 

 i'l.oo. Dealers or persons interested in forming clubs can have five copies or upwards at a liberal 

 discount. Yours truly, J. H. LANGILLE. 



,Hyannisport, Mas.s., Aug. 10, 1884. 

 Rev. J. H. Langille, Buffalo, N. Y.: 



Dear S.r. Thecopy of "Our Birds in Their Haunts," you sent me some days since, was duly received 

 and has been examined with pleasure and deep interest. Considered as a popular work its plan seems to have 

 been happily conceived, while each page bears evidence of the writer's intense love of nature and his ability 

 not only to observe intelligently but to express felictitiously the aspects of nature and the varied traits of 

 bird-life that comes under review. It is evidently the work of not only an enthusiastic bird-lover and field 

 naturalist, but of a writer who is fully competent for the pleasant task he has undertaken. As a popular ex- 

 position of the life histories of the birds of Eastern North America, "Our Birds in Their Haunts," will doubt- 

 less meet with the cordial welcome it so well deserves ; while its freshness and originality make the work a val- 

 uable contribution to the literatureof North American ornithology. 



Thanking you most heartily for the pleasure its perusal has afforded me. 



Sincerely yours, J. A. ALLEN, 



Editor of the "Auk," Cambridge, Mass. 



By special arrangements every person purchasing the work direct from the author and mentioning that 

 he saw the advertisement in the Young Oologist, will receive a copy of Lattin's 80 page catalogue gratis. 

 Address all oiders to 



REV. J. H. LANCILLE, 



850 West Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 



