OUTING BOOKS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER 



HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS 



A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of our 

 Common Wild Flowers. By Mrs. William Starr 

 Dana. With loo Illustrations by Marion Satterlee. 

 Square i2mo, $1.50 net. 



This book is a delightful companion for the country 

 rambler and lover of nature. Mrs. Dana treats of over 

 400 varieties of wild flowers, describing them in a simple, 

 brief, clear manner that makes the various flowers easily 

 recognizable. The romantic, legendary, literary, and 

 other associations of each are referred to in a pleasant 

 style, giving the book a value for the library as well as for 

 the field. The illustrations have great delicacy and 

 beauty, and are equal to the text in importance. 



OUR COMMON BIRDS 

 AND HOW TO KNOW THEM 



By John B. Grant. With 64 full-page Plates, oblong 

 i2mo, $1.50 net, 



PARTIAL LIST OF PLATES: hoot owl, belted king- 

 fisher, WHIP-POOR-WILL, KINGBIRD, PHCEBE, BLUE JAV, BOBOLINK, 

 MEADOWLARK, ORCHARD ORIOLE, PURPLE FINCH, RED CROSSBILL, SNOW- 

 FLAKE, SNOWBIRD, SONG SPARROW, CARDINAL, SUMMER REDBIRD, 

 CEDARBIRD, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BROWN THRUSH, WINTER WREN, WOOD 



THRUSH, ROBIN, and 42 Others. 



** With the fine illustrations and the simple and comprehensive text, 

 there is no excuse for the lover of birds to remain in ignorance of all the 

 information he needs to enable him to recognize at sight, and to name 

 unerringly, any bird he is likely to see in his walks in wood and field." 



— Boston Saturday Gazette, 



