JUST PUBLISHED.— Price 2s. 6d. 



Foolscap 8vo, Cloth, gilt top, 160 pp. + blanks for Notes. 



A 



Pocket-book of British Birds 



BY 



E. F. M. ELMS. 



INFOBMATION is given respecting all British birds that breed in 

 these islands, and those that are regular visitors at one time of 

 the year or another, with remarks as to a species being resident, inter- 

 migratory, or migratory. Each species is separately treated under 

 the headings: Haunts, including distribution; Plumage, briefly charac- 

 terizing the predominant and striking features, with differentiation of 

 species nearly alike ; Language, with song and various cries ; Habits ; 

 Food ; Nidification, with site and materials of nest ; and number and 

 description of Eggs. 



" Of Mr. Elms's book it is difficult to speak too favourably. It is of very 

 pocketable size, and quite thin, although it gives plenty of blank pages for notes. 

 But the amount of information conveyed is extraordinary. Mr. Elms has classified 

 most judiciously the essential questions which one should ask about a species ; and 

 his answers are not only most succinct and happy, but are full of those illuminating 

 touches which are impossible unless a thorough and sympathetic knowledge is 

 superadded to style. One has but to compare it with such a meritorious pocket- 

 book of a few years back as the Rev. H. A. Macpherson's to feel how much this 

 class of work has evolved and progressed. With Mr. Elms in his pocket the field 

 naturalist will find the task of identifying species much simplified ; and we do not 

 think it will trip him up with any inaccuracies — at least, we have hunted assiduously 

 for them in vain." — Tribune. 



"Full of information conveniently arranged and compactly set forth." — The 

 Evening Standard. 



" A handy little book to aid the field naturalist in naming the birds he sees." — 

 Gardeners' 1 Chronicle. 



" An accurate, well-condensed little book of reference for the field naturalist." — 

 The Outlook. 



" Mr. Elms's useful little book, which is what its title proclaims." — Academy. 



"This is a capital little book for the student of ornithology. In excursions 

 recently we have tested the descriptions of several of the sea-birds, and found t-hem 

 to be clear and correct." — Southvort Visiter. 



" All who have acquired the first elements of bird-lore will find it a most useful 

 book to carry in the pocket. The book is one of the best possible companions for a 

 country walk. By its aid and close observation all the birds could be identified." — 

 Huddersfield Examiner. 



" A handy, portable little volume, containing a mass of information likely to be 

 of value to the ornithologist in his meanderings anywhere in the British Isles." — 

 The Aberdeen Free Press. 



London : 



WEST, NEWMAN & CO., 54, HATTON GARDEN. 



Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd. 



