“It is a type of book which will undoubtedly be of very great interest to pupils and will stimulate in them an attitude toward scientific method which will carry on into other fields. The book ought to be imitated by an American edition which will give an account of the conditions on this continent similar to that which is given for the neighborhood of England.”
+ El School J 20:552 Mr ’20 180w
“It is elementary but it is lucid. Nothing could be better as an introduction to an important subject.”
+ Spec 123:662 N 15 ’19 70w
CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. What bird is that? il *$1.25 Appleton 598.2
20–7850
“A pocket museum of the land birds of the eastern United States arranged according to season.” (Sub-title) The author is curator of birds in the American museum of natural history, and in this book he has reproduced one of the museum features, the seasonal collection of birds. The plates, eight in number, are arranged to show Permanent resident land birds of the northern United States, Winter visitant land birds of the northern United States, Winter land birds of the southern United States, etc. The bird figures in these plates are small but they have been drawn with particular care to accuracy in color and form. They have also been drawn as nearly as possible to the same scale so that comparative sizes are indicated. A bird “map” as frontispiece also makes identification and the reading of descriptions easier. The plates, which are the work of Edmund J. Sawyer, are arranged at the beginning, followed by the text. There is an index.
+ Booklist 16:333 Jl ’20
“This compact little guide may well become the vade mecum of the birdlover.”