A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Essays
Book language: English
896 pages
This is the third volume of a nineteenth-century natural-history survey of North American land birds. It presents detailed descriptions of owls, falcons, vultures, pigeons, turkeys, grouse, and partridges, with many plates and woodcuts. It is worth listening for its careful observation and its picture of early ornithological writing.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. LAND BIRDS. VOL. III. PARAKEET. (Conurus carolinensis.) Adult. A HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS BY S. F. BAIRD, T. M. BREWER, ĵƿŠ R. RIDGWAY LAND BIRDS ILLUSTRATED BY 64 PLATES AND 593 WOODCUTS VOLUME III. BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1905
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Printers S. J. PĵǡƫƒƗƯƯ & CLj., BLjǪǵLjƿ, U. S. A. CONTENTS. PĵƄŧ Family SǵǡƗƄƗŠĻ. The Owls 4 Family FĵƯŕLjƿƗŠĻ. The Falcons 103 Subfamily FĵƯŕLjƿƗƿĻ 106 Family CĵǵƒĵǡǵƗŠĻ. The American Vultures 335 Family CLjƯǼƽœƗŠĻ. The Pigeons 357 Subfamily CLjƯǼƽœƗƿĻ 357 Subfamily ZŧƿĵƗŠƗƿĻ 374 Family CǡĵŕƗŠĻ. The Curassows 397 Subfamily PŧƿŧƯLjǙƗƿĻ 397 Family MŧƯŧĵƄǡƗŠƗŠĻ. The Turkeys 402 Family TŧǵǡĵLjƿƗŠĻ. The Grouse 414 Family PŧǡŠƗŕƗŠĻ. The Partridges 466 Subfamily OǡǵΏƄƗƿĻ 466 AǙǙŧƿŠƗΎ. I. Additions and Corrections 499 II. Explanation of Terms used in describing the External Form of Birds 524 III. Glossary of Technical Terms 535 IƿŠŧΎ Ljż EƿƄƯƗǪƒ NĵƽŧǪ. IƿŠŧΎ Ljż SŕƗŧƿǵƗfiŕ NĵƽŧǪ.
INDEX TO THE PLATES. PLATES 57-64. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.
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