THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA 
In accordance with our notice in the Mai'ch-April CONDOR, the cash price of the Stockhold- 
ers’ Edition, De Luxe, of “THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA’’ was advanced on the first of June 
to $120, and all special prices on the other editions were withdrawn. Copies of the Stockholders’ 
Edition ma}' now be engaged upon the basis of twelve quarterly payments of Ten Dollars each, 
beginning July 1st, 191.3. Thus the necessary advance in price is in a measure compensated by 
EASIER TERMS OF PAYMENT. 
Believing that members of the Cooper Ornithological Club, which is so generously support- 
ing us in this enterprise, are entitled to every courtesy which we can safely extend, and knowing 
that present disappointment will entail life-long regret, we have decided upon 
ANOTHER SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS OF THE C. O. C. 
To Members applying within a reasonable length of time and enclosing an initial payment 
of Ten Dollars, we will forward a receipt for the first hno installments of Ten Dollars each. That 
is, a member of the C. O. C. may now obtain his copy of the work for $110 instead of the current 
price of $120, or the final price of $150. The remainder. One Hundred Dollars, is to be paid 
precisely as in the case of regular subscribers, in ten quarterly installments of Ten Dollars each, 
beginning January 1st, 1914. 
In order that you may decide wisely, as you must soon decide finally, let us remind }’’ou of the 
VITAL CLAIMS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS' EDITION. 
The Stockholders' Edition, De Luxe, of “The Birds of California’’ (in three volumes) will be 
limited to 250 copies, of which more than half are already engaged. It will be the handsomest 
bird-book ever printed in America, the best that purely mechanical prqcess can produce 
plus sixty-three full-page photographic inserts, the choicest of our consolidated collection. Some of 
these photographs will be exact duplicates of an art series which we are placing upon the market 
at prices ranging from $2.50 to $10 each; but most of them will be unique in the Stockholders’ 
and Patrons’ Editions. 
The COLOR SERIES by Allan Brooks will embrace all the plates published, jrist as many as 
go into the thousand-dollar edition. Through the renewed generosity of a certain patron we are 
enabled to announce 25 more color-plates by Brooks, making a total of 125 to date. We hope to 
double this. 
THE BINDING of the Stockholders’ Edition will be the object of special care. It will be of 
full French Levant/leather, the choicest and the most durable the market affords, subscriber’s 
choice of twelve colors, inlaid with bird designs in color, a joy and pride to every bird- and 
book-lover. 
The printed list of subscribers’ names, bound in with Volume I, will perpetuate to all 
time the memory of those who were especially identified with this ambitious project. 
In every other specification these volumes will be built to conform to the high standards 
indicated. If 3'^ou never bought an “expensive” set of books before, and if you never intend to 
again, indulge your taste “just once”. Come in with us and help us to realize our dreams of a 
bird-book in which nature and art, experience and taste, information and inspiration shall con- 
spire together to produce a thing of beauty and a joy forever. 
One share (of the par value of $100) of tlie third and last- allotment of the capital stock of 
The Birds of California Publishing Company will be issued, upon request, to each C. O. C. mem- 
ber subscribing for this edition, upon completion of the second (“third”) payment on account, 
that of January 1st, 1914. 
Remember that advance payments are fully covered by insurance on the author’s life. 
This will be the last redirced rate offer of any sort (save the Sunset Edition at $100) made to 
the public in connection with “The Birds of California^, and we submit that it deserves 
present attention. 
Please let us hear from you promptly. A card will bring the proper blanks. 
Faithfully yours, 
THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA PUBLISHING COMPANY 
[W. Leon Dawson] 
Santa Barbara, Cal. 
