Jan. 1903 I 
THE CONDOR 
THU EDITOR’S BOOR SHTLT 
Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. By Florence Merriam Baieey. 
Illustrated by Uouis Agassiz Fuertes and others. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass, 1902. 
i2mo, xcii + 486 pages + index; 36 full page plates, 2 diagrams, 601 figures in text. Price 
|i3.50 net and 19 cents postage. 
From Hand Book of Birds of Western United States. 
BY COURTESY OF MOUGHTOhJ, MIFFLIN AND CO. 
MORTHERN RAVEM. 
To say that Mrs. Bailey’s book “fills a long-felt want,” tho literally the truth, puts the matter 
rather mildly. Up to the present time we have lacked a manual of our luesterti birds, 
which could be used alike by beginners and more advanced students. Since 1895 Mr. Chapman’s. 
“Handbook of the Birds of tlastern North America” has filled this place for states east of the 
