“A series of capital essays on British birds.”
| + | Country Calendar. 1: 221. Jl. ‘05. 60w. |
“The book is one to be on permanently good terms with, for its genuine love of all feathered folk, its hatred of cruelty ... its delicate humor, and its poetical perspective.” May Estelle Cook.
| + + | Dial. 38: 386. Je. 1, ‘05. 310w. | |
| Ind. 58: 1152. Je. 1, ‘05. 120w. |
“The particular claim of the book is that it has a local nexus and that the tale of the birds is not separated from the life of the place.”
| + | Lond. Times. 4: 161. My. 19, ‘05. 1140w. |
“Has the happy faculty of combining his personal observations with those of his predecessors and confreres into a series of pleasing and instructive sketches.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 264. S. 28, ‘05. 250w. |
“Besides giving excellent information tells some interesting anecdotes.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w. |