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Anecdotes of the Feathered Creation is one volume of an

ap- parently intended series, called " The Young Naturalist's Book of Birds," by PERCY B. ST. Joees. The selection is very uaiscel- "lantaus, awl the attempt at arrangement only makes the uncom- binable character of the materials more evident. As a collection of facts illustrating the habits of birds, it is, however, an amusing and interesting work for young readers ; to whom the spirited wood-cuts will be an additional attraction. It strikes us as being rather too insignificant a contribution to natural history. to he de- dicated to such a man as AUDUBON.