OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS 
N THIS VOLUME are presented the principal articles and the most 
beautiful color illustrations of man’s feathered friends which have 
been published in the National Geographic Magazine during the 
last six years. The text and pictures comprise one of the most valua- 
ble and fascinatingly interesting contributions to popular science the 
National Geographic Society has devised, and the most comprehen- 
sive and charming handbook of avian lore that has ever been offered 
at a moderate price. 
The 250 illustrations in color of the Common Birds of Town 
and Country, of our Warblers and American Game Birds, are repro- 
ductions of the matchless pictures from the brush of the distin- 
guished artist-naturalist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, while the descriptive 
text by Henry W. Henshaw, formerly Chief of the U. S. Biological 
Survey, sets forth concisely, entertainingly, yet with scientific accu- 
racy, the distinguishing characteristics of each species of bird, its 
peculiar habits, and its favorite habitat. 
Dr. Henshaw has pointed out the need for the preservation of 
bird life, and how the farmer without his feathered insect-destroyers 
would face constant disaster to his crops. 
Few wonders of the natural world are as compelling in interest 
as is the display of that mysterious impulse which is followed season 
after season by the birds which migrate from their winter homes to 
their nesting places in the spring, and then make the return journey 
in the fall, guided no one knows how—an absorbing study for both 
layman and scientist. The article by the late Wells W. Cooke, “Our 
Greatest Travelers: Birds that Fly from Pole to Pole, etc.,” gives a 
most comprehensive and engaging digest of these mysterious migra- 
tions, and the text is elucidated by a series of illumimating maps and 
charts. 
Frederick H. Kennard’s article, “Encouraging Birds Around 
the Home,” accompanied by numerous illustrations in black and 
white, tells with the bird-lover’s enthusiasm how every reader. be he 
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