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Academy of Arts and Sciences, etc. | Illustrated with fifty plates. | Harrisburg: | Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer. | 1888. 8 vo. pp. xii+260.
"The purpose of this book appears to be to enlighten the public, especially the farming communities, in Pennsylvania in regard to the birds that are to be found in the State, to awaken a desire for their protection upon economic grounds, and to stir up an interest in natural history among the people...
"The Report" was printed by direction of the Legislature of Pennsylvania for gratuitous distribution in the State, and the demand so far exceeded the supply that the edition of 6000 copies was quickly exhausted and, we are very glad to learn,