The West American Scientist. 



igUSTT READY.' 



COLORS FOR NATURALISTS. 



A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, and Compendium of 

 Useful Knoixrledge for Ornithologists. 



By ROBERT RIDGWAY, 



Curator, Department of Birds, United States National Museum. 

 Ten Colored Plates and seven Plates of Outline Illustrations. 



The present volume is intended to supply a want much felt by the author 

 during the course of his ornithological studies, and therefore presumably ex- 

 perienced by other workers in the same field; namely, a nomenclature of 

 colors and a compendious dictionary of technical terms used in descriptive 

 ornithology, together with a series of plates or diagrams, illustrating the ex- 

 ternal anatomy of a bird in relation to the terms employed, and such other 

 things as are more clearly expressed by a picture than by a mere definition. 



It has been the earnest endeavor of the author to give this much needed 

 information in the present work; and in order to do so he has spared no 

 pains, having for this purpose procured the finest prepared colors known to 

 modern art, including those of all the best manufacturers, as Winsor & New- 

 ton, George Eowney & Co., and Ackermann, of London, England; Dr. Fr, 

 Schoenfeld & Co., Diisseldorf; Chenal, Burgeois, Binant, and Lefranc, of 

 Paris; Osborne of Philadelphia, and others. He has, besides, consulted all 

 the authorities accessible to him. 



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C. R. ORCUTT, San Diego, California. 



California Hertariiii Spsciinens For Sale or Eiclianp. 



THE duplicate herbarium specimens collected by the editor of The 

 West American Scientist in Southern and Lower California, 

 have been placed in the hands of Dr. N. L. Britton, Columbia College, 

 New York, N. Y., for distribution, and are now offered either in ex- 

 change or for cash. Correspondents will please address as above. 



C. R. Orcutt. 



A N illustrated magazine for Young Naturalists and Collectors, con- 

 -'^--*- taining articles by eminent Scientists. 25 sets (consisting of the 

 only iour numbers published) still on hand. These will be sold for 40 

 cents per set (original price, 15 cents per number. 



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