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DIRD-LIFE. A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds. 

 ^-^ By Frank M. Chapman, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy 

 and Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History ; Au- 

 thor of '^Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America." With 

 75 full-page Plates and numerous Text Drawings by Ernest 

 Seton Thompson. i2mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



" ' Bird-Life' is different from other books. It deals with birds that are familiar, 

 or half familiar ; it interests the ignorant reader at once, and it makes the relations be- 

 tween birds and men seem more intimate. The economic value of birds will be better 

 appreciated after reading this book.'' — Boston Herald. 



" Contains more information about birds, in the same space, attractively as well 

 as concisely stated, than can be found in any other book with which we are acquainted. 

 A dehghtful, valuable, instructive, entertaining, beautiful book." — Brooklyn 

 Standard- Union. 



" Most heartily can ' Bird-Life ' be commended. It is by a practical ornithologist, 

 but it is simple and comprehensible. It is compact, pointed, clear. The work 



is perfectly reliable. The author uses every line to give information. A straight- 



forward and very compact guide-book to bird-land." — Hartford Post. 



"An intelligent consideration of the book will add to the reader's pleasure in his 

 walks in field and wood, quicken his ear, make him hear and see things which before 

 went unnoticed. . . Gives the student an introduction to ornithology, which places 

 him on the threshold of the entrance to the innermost circles of bird-life." — Boston 

 Times. 



" Mr. Chapman's book ought to be as greatly in demand in the average house- 

 hold as a history of one's country." — Providence Journal. 



" A comprehensive book, one that is sufficient for all the ordinary needs of the 

 amateur ornithologist. It is satisfactory in every detail, and arranged with a care 

 and method that will draw praise from the highest sources. Every lover of outdoor 

 life will find this book a delightful companion and an invaluable aid." — Buffalo 

 Enquirer. 



" A volume exceptionally well adapted to the requirements of people who wish to 

 study common birds in the simplest and most profitable manner possible. . As a 



readily intelligible and authoritative guide this manual has qualities that will commend 

 it at once to the attention of the discerning student." — Boston Beacon. 



" Such a study as every intelligent reader will desire to make, even the busiest of 

 them. . . The author is in every way fitted for the task he has taken, and his book 

 abounds in its facts of value, and they are pleasingly and gracefully told." — Chicago 

 Inter-Ocean, 



" An interesting mass of data collected through years of study and observation. 

 While accurate from a scientific point of view, it makes delightful reading for 

 those who will soon be among the flowers and the fields." — Philadelphia Inquirer, 



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