THE WORK COMPLETED. 
NEW ENGLAND BIRD LIFE: 
BEING A 
OF 
NEW ENGLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 
Revised and edited from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns, 
member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, etc. By Dr. Elliott 
Coues, Member of the Academy, etc. Part I. Oscines 
(Singing Birds), illustrated, $2.50. Part II. Non-Oscines, Birds 
of Prey, Game and Water Birds, illustrated, $2.50. Two volumes 
complete, uniform, $5.00. 
The most complete Cyclopedia of Singing-Birds of New Eng- 
land. The Editor’s name is a guarantee that the work is thoroughly 
and completely prepared. 
With this second volume of Mr. Stearns and his accomplished editor 
Dr. Coues, we have as complete a biography of the land and water birds 
as we can have at the present time. By means of the descriptions of the 
birds themselves, with the illustrations accompanying the text, one who 
desires to become an ornithological student is easily able to identify any 
specimen which he may have on hand; also to discover at once the local 
distribution, the migration, and the relative abundance of every species. 
The latest investigations a're presented in a form for practical use. On all 
sides it is pronounced not only a valuable addition to the literature of 
Ornithology, but the most complete and satisfactory exposition of the bird 
life of New England that has yet appeared. The casual reader and the 
naturalist will be equally delighted with the perusal of its pages!; 
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unquestioned utility. Its faults are seldom vital, its excellences many and obvious. 
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high and permanent place among the literature of North American ornithology. To the 
student of New England birds, it is sure to prove a valuable handbook, adequate for the 
determination of most problems which the limited field is likely to furnish.” — Science , 
Cambridge , Mass. 
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strictly technical, since Audubon’s, the conclusion of ‘New England Bird Life’ has been 
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imposed this rortion of the subject could hardly have been treated more satisfactorily.” — 
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for some .time to come.” — Sunday Globe, Poston. 
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