GENERAL OFFICES: 198 Custom House Place, CHICAGO. Please mention "BIRDS" when you write to advertisers. +----------------------------+ | #A. REED & SONS PIANOS.# | +----------------------------+ Manufactured under patents granted by the governments of the United States, England, Germany, France and Canada. #A New and Scientific Method of Piano Construction# FREE SOUNDING BOARD, VIBRATION BAR, STRINGS RESTING ON ALUMINUM WHEELS, ANTI-MOISTURE PIN BLOCK, LATERAL PEDALS #Grand Diploma and Medal of Honor# Awarded at Columbian World's Exposition, 1893 Only American Piano receiving mention in the Official Report to the German Government #A. REED & SONS# No. 5 Adams Street ... CHICAGO Illustrated Catalogues ... containing full explanation Mailed Free. Please mention "BIRDS" when you write to advertisers. NOW READY. #THE STORY OF THE BIRDS.# By JAMES NEWTON BASKETT. Edited by Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. Com'r of Education. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.--A Bird's Forefathers. II.--How did the Birds First Fly, Perhaps? III.--A Bird's Fore Leg. IV.--Why did the Birds put on Soft Raiment? V.--The Cut of a Bird's Frock. VI.--About a Bird's Underwear. VII.--A Bird's Outer Wrap. VIII.--A Bird's New Suit. IX.--"Putting on Paint and Frills" among the Birds. X.--Color Calls among the Birds. XI.--War and Weapons among the Birds. XII.--Antics and Odor among the Birds. XIII.--The Meaning of Music among Birds. XIV.--Freaks of Bachelors and Benedicts in Feathers. XV.--Step-Parents among Birds. XVI.--Why did Birds begin to Incubate? XVII.--Why do the Birds Build So. XVIII.--Fastidious Nesting Habits of a few Birds. XIX.--What Mean the Markings and Shapes of Bird's Eggs? XX.--Why Two Kinds of Nestlings? XXI.--How Some Baby Birds are Fed. XXII.--How Some Grown-Up Birds get a Living. XXIII.--Tools and Tasks among the Birds. XXIV.--How a Bird Goes to Bed. XXV.--A Little Talk on Bird's Toes. XXVI.--The Way of a Bird in the Air. XXVII.--How and Why do Birds Travel? XXVIII.--What a Bird knows about Geography and Arithmetic. XXIX.--Profit and Loss in the Birds. XXX.--A Bird's Modern Kinsfolk. XXXI.--An Introduction to the Bird. XXXII.--Acquaintance with the Bird. 1 vol. 12mo. Cloth, 65 cents, postpaid. D. APPLETON & CO., New York, Boston, Chicago. Chicago Office, 243 Wabash Ave. #The Best is the Cheapest# #CROWN FOUNTAIN PENS# #CROWN GOLD PENS#