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LITERARY NOTE. 



Messrs. J. B. Lipincott Co. have in press a »Manual of North 

 American Birds,» by the eminent Ornithologist, Prof. Robert 

 Ridgway, curator Departement of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington D. C. 



The author has had unrivalled, advantages for the preparation 

 of a treatise of this character, arising from his own field experience, 

 as well as his connection with the National Museum, and the free 

 access which has been granted him tovarious other public and pri- 

 vate collections of birds, both in this country and Europe. 



The work is to contain some 425 illustrations suitably execu- 

 ted, and will conform to the geographical limits, Classification, 

 numeration and nomenclature adopted by the American Ornitholo- 

 gical Union. 



We doubt not it will be one of the most important, thorough 

 and original contributions to the literature of the subject which has 

 ever appeared, and presume that Naturalist and Sportsman alike 

 will find in it an invaluable aid. 



