"A book of much value and interest, admirably arranged for the student and the lover of flowers…. The text is full of compact information, well selected and interestingly presented…. It seems to us to be a most attractive handbook of its kind."—New York Sun.

(Send for a copy—free—of Appletons' Bulletin of Spring Announcements)

For sale by all Booksellers; or they will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price, by the Publishers.

D. Appleton & Company, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York


"The greatest and best book ever written about birds."

—Elliott Coues

A DICTIONARY OF BIRDS

By Alfred Newton