A natural history of American birds of eastern and central North America / by Edward Howe Forbush ; with ninety-six full color illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Allan Brooks and Roger Tory Peterson.

Author/creator Forbush, Edward Howe
Format Book
EditionRev. and abridged / with the addition of more than one hundred species by John Bichard May.
Publication InfoNew York : Bramhall House, 1955.
Descriptionxxv, 553 pages, 50 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
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Other author/creatorMay, John Bichard.
Other author/creatorFuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927.
Other author/creatorBrooks, Allan, 1869-1946.
Other author/creatorPeterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.
Partial contents Order Gaviformes. Loons -- Order Colymbiformes. Grebes -- Order Procellariiformes. Tube-nosed swimmers -- Order Pelecaniformes. Totipalmate swimmers -- Order Ciconiiformes. Herons, ibises, and allies -- Order Anseriformes. Swans, geese, and ducks -- Order Falconiformes. Diurnal birds of prey -- Order Galliformes. Gallinaceous birds -- Order Gruiformes. Cranes, rails, and allies -- Order Charadriiformes. Shore birds, gulls, auks, and allies -- Order Columbiformes. Pigeon-like birds -- Order Psittaciformes. Parrots and paroquets -- Order Cuculiformes. Cuckoo-like birds -- Order Strigiformes. Owls -- Order Caprimulgiformes. Goatsuckers and allies -- Order Micropodiformes. Swifts and hummingbirds -- Order Coraciiformes. Kingfishers and allies -- Order Piciformes. Woodpeckers and allies -- Order Passeriformes. Perching birds -- Appendix. Birds occurring as 'stragglers' or 'accidentals' within the range of this volume, and western species whose normal distribution barely reaches the ninety-fifth meridian of west longitude.
General noteReprint of 1939 ed., published by Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, under title: Natural history of the birds of eastern and central North America.
General noteAn abridgement and revision of the author's Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states issued in three volumes in 1925 and subsequent years.--cf. Pref.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929. Natural history of American birds of eastern and central North America. Rev. and abridged. New York : Bramhall House, 1955

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