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THE 



BRITISH WARBLERS 



A HISTORY WITH PROBLEMS 



OF [1* 



THEIR LIVES 



BY 



H. ELIOT HOWARD, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



To be completed in 9 parts. Size, Imperial 8vo. 

 Price to Subscribers, 21 s. per part net; parts 1 to 7 now ready 

 containing 30 coloured and 44 Photogravure plates, 10 Maps of 

 Distribution and 344 pages of letterpress. 



London 



R. H. Porter, Princestreet, Cavendish Square, W. 

 SOME PRESS NOTICES. 



"Among the scieaces, the literature of oroithology Stands unsurpassed for the 

 beauty of its works, and the book under notice will certainly by second to none . . ." 



"The coloured portraits of both birds and eggs are of extreme beauty and excel- 

 lence, and are decidedly the best we have ever seea ; while the series of photogravure 

 pictures illustrating courting attitudes, from drawings by the authore, are, we believe, 

 unique. The strong point of the letterpress is its originality. Mr. Howard has watched 

 bis subjects with remarkable zeal, and affords us some of the best peeps into the least 

 observed phases of their life-histories that have ever been given us." — Annais of 

 Scottish Natural History, July, 1907. 



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"This remarkable work is worthy of the highest praise, as regards both con- 

 ception and execution. The numerous and beautiful plates are a fitting complement to 

 the text, which together will mark an epoch in tbe history of this most interesting 

 group of British Birds." — Auk, July, 1908. 



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"The Warbiers are an insignificant group of birds of skulking habits and very 

 difficult to observe, but as a result of patient and careful study and minute Observation, 

 Mr. Howard has been able to teil us more of their habits and economy than anyone 

 eise has ever attempted to do . . ." 



"If the subsequent parts are equal to the first, and there is no reason to doubt 

 that they will be, "BRITISH WARBLERS" will be one of the most charming works that 

 has been produced on any group of birds." — Avricultural Magazine, May, 1907. 



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"This work promises to be of quite unusual interest and importance on account 

 of the original observations on the habits of many of the birds of which it treats. On 

 this account, and also for the plates depicting various seldom-seen attitudes, it is to 

 be highly commended." — H. F. WITHERBY, in British Birds. 



