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ri MAMMALS OF AMERICA 



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*^ After years of preparation a new study of our native birds and ^ 



I animals has appeared, marking an epoch in this literature. Both in •» 

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1 "The Book of a Thousand Birds" I 



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j^ a work of such importance appeared. It is the final result of a con- m 



»!,• certed effort begun many months ago, on the part of foremost orni- ^ 



^b thologists, field observers, and artists, to make a complete record of •* 



jffl our native birds. Their completed work— the new BIRDS OF AMER- i^ 



ICA — is the first story of our feathered life to include them all, 5^ 



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fl T. Gilbert Pearson ^ 



^ Is editor-in-chief; JOHN BURROUGHS is consulting editor; and ^ 



back of them are a score of naturalists of like calibre — such men as lli 



'•• E. H. Forbush, State Ornithologist of Massachusetts, W. L. Finley, 15 



^ State Biologist of Oregon, Herbert K. Job, Bruce Horsfall, R. I. ^ 



Brasher, and others. •*) 



Wonderfully Beautiful Color Plates I 



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of our native birds, and over 100 eggs in natural colors. This is recog 



nized as the most important series of bird studies ever made. It JM 



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^ Another section of this library describes and pictures our native ,'JJ| 



^^ mammals in the same comprehensive way. The editor-in-chief of this **if 



section is H. E. Anthony of the American Museum of Natural History. 



^ Over 500 species are included, with wonderful field pictures. ^ 



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