IMPORTANT WORKS ON BIRDS 
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The Birds awcl Craaae Birds of New Bng^laad. 
With Descriptions of the Birds, their Nests and Eggs, their Habits and Notes, with 
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Field Oraiitholog’y : A Manual of Instruction on Collecting, Prepar- 
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List of North American Birds. 1vol. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. 
Key to North AiBierican Birals. By Elliott Coues, M. D. 
369 imperial octavo pages. Illustrated by 6 Steel Plates and 238 Woodcuts. A Manual 
or Text-Bu..k of the Birds of North America ; containing a Synopsis of Living 
and Fossil Birds, and Descriptions of every North American Species known to this 
Time. I vol. Royal 8 vo. Cloth, $7.00. 
The Birds of North Americai. By Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence. 
2 vols. 4to. Vol. 1. contains 1005 pages. Vol. II. is an atlas of 100 plates, figuring 
148 species of Birds. Plain plates, $15.00. Plates elegantly colored, $20.00. Text 
(Vol. 1.) separate, $ 5.00. 
Birds of the Northwest : A Handbook of American Ornithology. 
Containing accounts of all the birds inhabiting the great Missouri Valley, and many 
others, together representing a large majority of the Birds of North America. With 
copious biographical details from personal observation, and an extensive synonymy. 
8vo. 791 pages. Cloth, $4.50 ; Half Morocco, $ 5.50. 
The Naturalist’s <5aide, in Collecting and Preserving Objects of 
Natural History, with a Complete Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts. 
By C. J. Maynard. New Edition just ready, with much new matter, and Two Plates 
colored by hand. 1vol. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. 
IMPORTANT WORK ON FERNS. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF 
Tk® of H'orth Ames^ica. 
Text by Prof. Daniel C. Eaton, of Yale College. 
Illustrations by Mr. Jas. H. Emerton. 
Published in 4to Parts, with three elegant Colored Plates in each 
number. Pirst Part nearly ready. 
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