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...Ornithology of the United States of America." This book itself was published in 1832, and being the first handbook of the subject ever published it came into instant favor. But there is evidently much original work in Mr. Chamberlain's book, which is very comprehensive and includes every known bird of today in this part of the country. No bird that can be found east of the Mississippi River, from the Gulf stream to the Arctic Ocean is omitted from the list - even the penguin and frigate, or man-of-war bird, - which have nearly vanished from this country...
...edition is in two volumes, the first dealing with land birds, the second with game and water birds. At the beginning of each chapter is an excellent print of the bird described, followed by a brief description of the plumage, the nest and eggs. The biographies are full and interesting, giving the distribution of the birds, place of habitation, food, time of migration, etc., besides many anecdotes of an entertaining and instructive character. The original footnotes and remarks on the appearance or distribution of the birds, as observed today, are very valuable to the student...
...concluding article of the number is another addition to the constantly-accumulating Lowell magazine literature, - on "Lowell and the Birds." Its author is Leander S. Keyser, whose new bird book is attracting so much attention among bird lovers...
...sixth Worcester added three runs to her score. Murphy got his base on balls, was forced to second by Lynch, whom Howe hit, took third on Howe's fumble of Bird's easy grounder and reached the plate on O'Brien's sacrifice. That is, the umpire said he did. Everybody else thought differently. Lynch, who had mean while reached third, came in on Hovey's wild throw to the plate. A wild throw by Cobb enabled Bird also to score. This ended the runs for the game. In the eighth, with one man out, O'Brien hit safely. Parks...
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