BIEDSNESTING : 



A complete Description of the Nests and Eggs of Birds which Breed in 



Great Britain and Ireland, 

 By Edward Newman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 This work is wiitten expressly for the use of out-of-door naturaHsts and 

 that better class of schoolboys who take up Natural History as an instructive 

 recreation. Under each species will be found — 1. The English name. 

 2. The Latin name. 3. The situation in which the nest is to be found. 

 4. The materials of which the nest is built, together with any particulars of 

 its shape which may assist in determining by what bird it is built. 5. The 

 nimaber and colour' of the eggs, describing such variations as are occasionally 

 met with. 



Price One Shilling. 



SUGGESTIONS for FOEMING COLLECTIONS OF 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



By Professor Newton. 



Containing detailed directions for Egg-hloiving, especially those that have 



been hard sat on ; and numerous illustrations of the instruments to he used. 



Price Sixpence. 



A NATURALIST'S RAMBLE TO THE OROADES. 



By Arthur W. Crichton, F.L.S., Member of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union : with an exquisite tinted Frontispiece by "Wolf. 



" This Httle book is a perfect gem." — Zoologist, 

 Price Four Shillings. 



LETTERS OF RUSTICUS ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



Containing a great number of miscellaneous observations, after the rnanner 



of White's * Selborne.' 



" There is a woodcut, some of them most exquisite, to each chapter ; and 

 tail-pieces, after the dehghtful manner of Bewick, are scattered through the 

 work. It is a most delightful book." — Douglas Jerrold, in ' Jerrold's News,* 



" The most charming contribution to Natural History since the days of 

 good old Gilbert White. These Letters are well worthy of consultation by 

 all gardeners and agriculturists, since the descriptions of these facts are 

 perfectly trustworthy, being in all cases the result of observation." — West- 

 minster Bevieiv. 



" The collection of facts and observations respecting bhghts, or insects 

 injurious to vegetation, are especially worthy attention, and we recommend 

 them strongly." — Gardener' s and Farmer's Journal, 



Price Eight Shillings and Sixpence. 



NEWMAN'S BOTANICAL DRYING PAPER. 



Mamifactured e.rprrs,sly for drying Flowers, Ferns, Sea-weeds, and other 



Specimens for the Herbarium, 

 Preserves Form and Colour in the best possible manner, and seldom, 

 if ever, requires a change of sheets whilst the plants are being dried, 

 a process by which much time is lost. 



Prices according to size. 



London : E. Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate. 

 f:^^ All the above prices include prrpaymcnt of postage. 



