THE WORK COMPLETED. 



NEW ENGLAND BIRD LIFE: 



BEING A 



OF 



NEW ENGLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 



Revised and edited from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns, 

 member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, etc. By Dr. Elliott 

 CouES, Member of the Academy, etc. Part I. Oscines 

 (Singing Birds), illustrated, $2.50. Part II. Non-Oscines, Birds 

 of Prey, Game and Water Birds, illustrated, $3.50. Two volumes 

 complete, uniform, $5.00. 



The most complete Cyclopedia of Singing-Birds of iVevv Eng- 

 land. The Editor's name is a guarantee that the work is thoroughly 

 and completely prepared. 



With this second volume of Mr. Stearns and his accomplished editor 

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 as we can have at the present time. By means of the descriptions of the 

 birds themselves, with the illustrations accompanying the text, one who 

 desires to become an ornithological student is easilj' able to identify any 

 specimen which he may have on hand ; also to discover at once the local 

 distribution, the migration, and the relative abundance of every species. 

 The latest investigations are presented in a form for practical use. On all 

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 life of New England that has yet appeared. The casual i-eader and the 

 naturalist will be equally delighted with the perusal of its pages. 



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 unquestioned utility. Its faults are seldom vital, its excellences many and obvious. 

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