Field Ornithology. 



COMPUISING V 



MANUAL OP INSTBUOTION 



ON 



COLLECTING, PREPARING & PRESERVING 



BIEDS, 



By ELLIOTT COUES. 



WITH WHICH IS ISSUED A 



CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



BY THE s^m:b: atjthor, 



A COMPANION VOLUME TO THE "KEY TO NORTH 

 AMERICAN BIRDS." 



THE MANUAL 



takes the student into the field, and tells him all about 



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how to shoot, skin and stuff birds ; how to equip himself most conven- 

 iently and eft'ectively ; how to acquire woodcraft and qualify himself to be 

 a good working Ornithologist. Avoiding all technicalities, it tells him, 

 iu familiar style, all he wants to know about the matter ; it is full of the 

 most useful, practical directions and suggestions for field-work, covering 

 the whole ground, and treating of a wider range of topics than have be- 

 fore been presented in this connection. The portion on Taxidermy is es- 

 pecially minute and detailed in its accounts of the manipulations which 

 enable one to make the greatest number of skins, in the best manner and 

 shortest time; how to pack, transport and preserve them, and how to 

 take care of the Cabinet. With this work in hand no one need hesitate to 

 undertake the business of collecting for want of knowing how to begin, 

 nor for fear of being unsuccessful. It also treats fully of the collection 

 of Nests and Eggs, and of various collateral matters. The student will 

 find himself taught everything he need know from the cleansing of a 

 soiled feather or mending of a broken egg, up to the general qualifica- 

 tions for success. 



THE CHECK LIST 



gives the common and scientific names of all the species and varieties of 

 birds known to inhabit North America, arranged in a generally accepted 

 sequence, named in accordance with the " Key," and so printed on only 

 one side of the page, as to be susceptible of use in neatly labelling col- 

 lections. For this purpose the list is also issued as a separate pamphlet. 

 The wide space left in the pages also renders the list particularly useful • 

 as a means of recording memoranda or even extended observations, on 

 any of the species. The authority and reliability of the nomenclature 

 are assured. 



Price of Manual and Chkck List handsomely bound, 8vo, . $2.60. 

 Of Check List alone, pamphlet, $0.75. 



Published by the Natnrallsts' Agency, Salem, Mass. 



