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B3^ TliOlVE^S O. 0£]lsrTI=L'^, 
Author of “Life-Histories of Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania’’ and of “The House Sparrow,” Member of the 
“Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences,” the “ Nuttall Ornithological Club,” the 
“Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences,” the “Franklin Scientific 
Society of the University of Pennsylvania,” etc., etc. 
ILLUSTRATED BY ELEGANTLY EXECUTED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 
Whilst several beaiilifully illustrated books on the birds of' our country have been presented to the public from time 
to time, it is much to be regretted that no regular work, containing proper delineations of nests and eggs, had made its 
appearance, until that superb folio, now publishing in Circleville, Ohio, was undertaken by the Misses Jones and Schulze. 
W hen we consider the inconvenient size of the latter work, the exorbitant price demanded for it, and the interest 
manifested by the youth of our land in that highly attractive department of Ornithology of which it treats, we are led to 
believe that there is yet room for another, which shall be none the less true to nature, but which- shall have, in addition 
to accuracy, the important quality of cheapness. With this object in view, we have embarked in the enterprise, hoping 
that our ornithological friends will give it sufficient encouragement to warrant its continuance. 
As its name indicates, this work will be something more than a mere book of nests and eggs. It will endeavor to 
bring into prominence those interesting and curious phases of bird-life which are present during the breeding-period, and 
which have been the principal study of the author for the past ten years. The text, therefore, will mainly be the result 
of his own observations. 
CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION. 
The work will be issued in quarto monthly parts. Each part will be printed on heavy super-calendered plate paper, 
and will contain two magnificent chromo-lithographic plates, prepared, at great pains and expense, by the firm of 
Sinclair & Son, the celebrated Lithographers of Philadelphia, and from eight to twelve pages of text. The price will 
be ONE DOLLAR per part, and in no case will subscriptions be received for less than the entire work. 
It is impossible to state, at present, exactly the number of parts which will constitute the work, but it will probably 
not exceed 25 or 30, which will figure 50 or GO nests. The design of the author is to figure the typical nests of all our 
species, and the most marked variations therefrom, where this can be conveniently done. 
Any one sending a Club of six subscrib^'s will receive a copy of the work free. Samples (which must be returned) 
will be sent to those who wish to inspect before subscribing, upon application to the Author, in Germantomn, Philadelphia, 
or to the Publisher, 
J. A. WAGENSELLEE, 
No. 23 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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