New England Bird Life 



A MANUAL OF NEW ENGLAND 

 ORNITHOLOGY, 



Revised and edited from the manuscript of WiNFRiD A. STEARNS, 



Member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, etc. 



By Dr. ELLIOTT COUES, U.S.A., 



Member of the Academy, etc. 



Part I. Oscines {Singing Birds), Illustrated^ $2.J0. 



The most complete Cyclopedia of Singing-Birds of New Eng- 

 land. The Editor*s name is a guarantee that the work is 

 thoroughly and completely prepared. 



" The study of the ornithology of New England has been carried forward 

 with rapid strides during the last few years, and the time has arrived when a 

 standard volume, covering the whole ground, and presenting in a concise and 

 convenient form an epitome of bird life of New England, should be written. 

 Such a work Mr. Winfrid A. Stearns undertook several years ago at the suggestion 

 of Dr. Coues. The plan of this book is to give descriptions of the birds them- 

 selves, enabling the student to identify any specimen he may have on hand ; local 

 distribution, migration, and relative abundance of every specie. 



" The manuscript has been revised and edited by Dr. Elliott Coues, and the 

 present volume, embracing the large and important order Oscines, has received in 

 its arrangement and in its copious illustration the personal supervision of that 

 gentleman. The work is an invaluable one for the student, containing, as it does, 

 the results of the latest investigations and being especially adapted to practical use." 

 — Boston Courier. 



"It is a valuable addition to the literature of Ornithology, and its value and 

 interest are increased by the very meritorious illustrations. It is doubtless the 

 most complete and satisfactory exposition of the bird life of New England that has 

 yet appeared." — Salem Gazette. 



"This book is a benefaction to the rising generation which they cannot too 

 highly prize. Let it find a place on every parlor table and in every public library." 

 — Portland Argus. 



"The volume is in its way a model of thoroughness." — Milwaukee Sentinel. 



"It is exhaustive and reliable, giving almost everything in relation to the 

 feathered songsters, and containing everything that the casual reader will care to 

 know, while the naturalist cannot fail to be delighted with it." — Philadelphia 

 Ch ron-Herald, 



"For the romance and poetry of the subject one will of course have to look 

 elsewhere. Our feathered songsters are here seen, as it were, lifeless and cold upon 

 the dissecting table; instead of forms instinct with life, brilliant with fluttering 

 plumage, and vocal with melodious songs, we are shown through shallow drawers 

 full of the stuffed skins of birds only, which we may handle with the cool criticism 

 of the true scientist." — The Literary World. 



