PROSPECTUS. 
The Birds of Eastern North America, contains the result of many years labor in the 
field. All of the hook is original and, as a somewhat peculiar plan of describing birds has 
been adopted, based upon the author’s very extended experience among the species of 
which he writes, we trust that this feature will prove useful to the student. The more 
advanced ornithologist will also note some changes in the classification, especially in the 
arrangement of the genera in certain families; in this, the author has been guided mainly 
by his anatomical researches which have occupied his constant attention for upward of 
ten years. 
Particular attention is given to the Game and Water Birds of Eastern North America 
and, as there has been no complete popular work on this class since Audubon’s, we hope 
that this portion of the work will be found of value; for few, if any, among our ornitholo¬ 
gists have had better opportunities for observing the habits of these birds than the author, 
as he has been constantly among them for the last fifteen years. 
Two finely colored plates drawn on stone from nature by the author, .accompany each 
part. Some of these plates represent rare or little known birds while others are intended 
to illustrate the Family, Generic, and other characters as given in the text; thus we shall 
figure, at least, the head of one member of each genus. Full descriptions of all the nests 
and eggs are to be found under the proper headings and various facts relative to the habits 
of many, hitherto little known, birds are recorded. In short, the author has endeavored 
to write as complete a history as possible of the species under consideration, in a manner 
which will prove acceptable to all who are interested in the study of Nature. 
The book will contain upward of four hundred pages in sixteen parts and is being 
issued monthly. 
Subscription price, eighty-five cents a part, payable upon delivery. Special terms to 
the trade. 
Address, 
C. J. MAYNARD & Co., 
Newtonville, Mass. 
