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2869143Territory in Bird Life — end matterHenry Eliot Howard

BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY

A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY AND COUNTRY LORE WILL BE SENT ON REQUEST


By A. W. REES

THE HERON OF CASTLE CREEK
With a memoir of the Author by J. K. Hudson. Studies of Bird Life, including the Partridge, some of the Warblers, the Heron, the Bittern, and also chapters on Bird-Watching and Animal Life in Winter.

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
A book of Wild Life in Western Britain. Daily Telegraph.—"No one with a love of wild creatures can resist the charm of such a work, every page of which shows knowledge, insight, and sympathy ; a fascinating work." With Illustrations.

WILD LIFE AT THE LAND'S END
Observations of the habits and haunts of the Fox, Badger, Otter, Seal, Hare, and of their pursuers in Cornwall. Daily Chronicle.—"His book has all the charm of the best conversation of a sportsman of the old school, mingled with that of a gamekeeper and a poacher." With Illustrations.

THE LIFE STORY OF AN OTTER
The Times.—"The book is one in which naturalists will especially rejoice, because they will find what cannot be found elsewhere; but there is no class of reader above the age of twelve who would not find satisfaction in this speaking description of Western scenery and graphic tale of the most mysterious of its denizens." With Illustrations. Second Impression.


WILD LIFE IN CANADA
By Captain Angus Buchanan, M.C., Author of "Three Years of War in East Africa." The record of bird life included in this narrative is, it is believed, the first ever compiled from the country drained by the Cochrane, Reindeer, and Churchill Rivers. Illustrated from photographs taken by the Author. Second Impression.

HOMING WITH THE BIRDS
The History of a Lifetime of Personal Experience. By Gene Stratton-Porter. This is the record, faithfully and simply set down, of many of the outstanding, the unusual, peculiar incidents in Mrs Porter's intimate studies of bird life. With Illustrations from photographs made by the Author.

BIRD LIFE AND BIRD LORE

By R. Bosworth Smith. A book conversant with birds in the freshness of their prime, in their noon-tide dreams, in their renewed activity at the approach of evening. It seeks to penetrate behind the bright eyes to the eager, vivid, attractive, and mysterious life. With Illustrations.

AFRICAN GAME TRAILS
An account of the African wanderings of an American Hunter Naturalist. With Illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt, and from drawings by Philip R. Goodwin.

AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS: Life Histories of
By Theodore Roosevelt and Edmund Heller. With llustrations from photographs and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin. In two volumes.

THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS
Colonel Roosevelt here describes the discovery of his River of Doubt, as well as the varied experiences of himself and his party during their exploring and hunting expeditions in the great, little-known South American jungle. With numerous Illustrations and two Maps.

THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS
By H.W. Bates. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel. Cheap Edition.

WHAT IS INSTINCT?
Some Thoughts on Telepathy and Subconsciousness in Animals. By C. Bingham Newland. This book opens a new page in Nature study, and suggests a theory which may illuminate many of the mysteries of animal life. With Illustrations.

THE WILD SPORTS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS
By Charles St John. With the Author's Notes and a Memoir by the Rev. M. G. Watkins. Illustrated. Ninth Impression.

By RICHARD JEFFERIES

THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME: or, Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life. Illustrated.
Saturday Review.—"Delightful sketches. The lover of the country can hardly fail to be fascinated wherever he may happen to open the pages. . . . Should be on the shelves of every country gentleman's library."

THE AMATEUR POACHER
Graphic.—"We have rarely met with a book in which so much that is entertaining is combined with matter of real practical worth."


JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, W.1