ANNOUNCEMENT. 
ILLUSTRHTIONS OF THE NESTS UND EGGS OF BIRDS OF OHIO. 
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BY GENEVIEVE E. JONES AND ELIZA J. SHULZE. 
The work we now place before the public, is the outgrowth of long interest and study; and an oft-expressed 
need, by ornithologists, for a correctly illustrated treatise on nests and eggs, with concise descriptions. The 
innumerable difficulties of such an undertaking, have heretofore discouraged all attempts in this direction, and 
to-day this work stands alone, the only publication of the kind in America. We, therefore, hope our efforts to 
fill this gap, so long left open, will be appreciated, and shall endeavor to merit from the public a liberal support. 
This work will appear in parts, about every three months; each part containing three plates 15x17 inches, 
and each plate from one to two nests and from three to six eggs, with the accompanying text. 
In the plates w T e have spared no pains to illustrate every detail of structure, in order to bring forward in 
as conspicuous manner as possible the various styles of bird architecture. 
The nests are drawn from fresh subjects and are shown the natural size, excepting a few nests of the larger 
birds, which are reduced to accommodate the size of the page. 
The eggs show the average and two extremes in size and color usually met with. 
In depicting the nests and eggs, great care has been taken to have everything exact, and delineated in such a 
manner as will best convey to the observer a correct idea of the original. 
In doing this, we have often detracted from the beauty and picturesqueness of both,—in the nests, by pre¬ 
senting them stripped of much of their accompanying foliage, vdiich obstructs the view, but in nature adds so 
much to their romance and variety; in the eggs, by drawing them in full and out of the nest, a position where 
their attractions show to poor advantage, but the only one in which a true conception of their size can be gained. 
The plates are printed on Whatman’s antiquarian drawing paper, the best known for perfecting and retain¬ 
ing the brilliancy and depth in water-color painting. 
The authors make the drawings upon stone and color the prints by hand, thus securing a uniform excellence, 
and gaining, as all lovers of art know, much in beauty over the common chromo-lithograph. 
The text is mostly original, enlarged from field notes extending over a series of years, and is replete in 
accurate description of materials used in construction, and general information relating to the subject matter. 
It is printed in elegant type on the finest paper. 
With the last number will be issued an essay on bird architecture, and two artificial keys to aid in the recog¬ 
nition of nests and eggs. 
When completed, the volume will contain an illustration and description of the nest (if a nest is constructed) 
and eggs of each species known to breed within the limits of the State. This will comprise about seventy plates 
and two hundred pages of reading matter, and when bound will be one of the most beautiful and desirable' 
works, that has ever appeared in the United States, upon any branch of natural history. 
Colleges, seminaries, schools, libraries, and educational institutions of every description, will find it of value 
in cultivating a taste for art, as well as in gathering information in regard to the feathered tribe. 
CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION. 
As such a work is of necessity very expensive, and the number of persons interested in the subject compar¬ 
atively small, it will therefore be readily understood, that an assured subscription must be obtained before its 
publication will be guaranteed. 
All subscriptions must be for the whole number of parts necessary to complete the volume. On no condition 
will separate parts be sold. The price of each part must be paid on delivery. 
Persons desiring to subscribe will please send in their names at as early a date as possible. Only a very lim¬ 
ited edition will be printed, after which the plates will be destroyed. A sample copy of Part I. will be sent to 
anyone requesting it, provided it is returned after examination. 
.Colored Plates, .Price, $5.00 each part. 
Uncolored Plates, .... “ $2.00 “ “ 
JSSg“For the benefit of young ornithologists who would like this book, but do not feel able to subscribe, we 
offer the following: Anyone sending the names of throe subscribers for colored editions will be entitled to one 
uncolored copy free. 
l®“We shall have the word “ uncolored” inclosed in a diamond, printed under the specific name of each uncolored 
plate. The colored copies will have a patented monogram printed in an inconspicuous place upon each plate. 
When no authority is given in the text for the specific names adopted, Dr. Coues’ “Check List of North 
American Birds” is referred to. 
Address THE AUTHORS, 
Box 282, CircleviUe, Pickaway County , Ohio. 
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