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Abramson, Ira Joel. A Guide to finding birds in South Florida. Coral Gables, FL: Univ. Miami Press. 1961.

Allen, Arthur A. Stalking Birds with Color Camera. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1951.

Alexander, W. B. Birds of the Ocean (revised edition). New York: Van Rees Press. 1963.

Arthur, Stanley C. The Birds of Louisiana. Bulletin # 20. New Orleans: State of Louisiana Dept of Conservation. 1931.

Atlas der einheimischen Vogel, in naturlicher Farbe mit Beschreibung, Teil I & II. (Pamphlets in German)

Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. New York: MacMillan. 1937.

Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. New York: MacMillan. 1962.

Audubon, John James, edited by Maria Audubon. Audubon and His Journals, Vols 1 & 2. (Originally published by Chas Scribners in 1897.) New York: Dover. 1960

Austin, Oliver L. and Singer, Arthur. Birds of the World. New York: Golden Press. 1961. [2 copies]

Bailey, Alfred M. and Niedrach, Robert J. Birds of Colorado, Vols I & II. Denver, CO: Denver Museum of Natural History. 1965

Bailey, Florence Merriam. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. New York: Houghton Mifflin. 1917.

Bailey, Florence Merriam. Birds of New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Dept of Game & Fish. (Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler Press.) 1928. [2 copies]

Baker, Maurice F. Prairie Chickens of Kansas. Topeka, KS: State Printer. 1953.

Beatty, M.E. and Harwell, C.A. Birds of Yosemite. Yosemite, CA: Yosemite Natural History Assn. 1938. [2 copies]

Behle, William H. The Bird Life of Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press. 1958.

Bent, Arthur Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Diving Birds. (Unabridged republication of U.S. National Museum Bulletin 107, 1st published 1919.) New York: Dover Publications, 1963.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Gulls & Terns. (Bulletin 113) New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1947 (Hardcover) [Also, Paperback copy published by Dover Publications, 1963]

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and their Allies. (Originally published as US National Museum Bulletin 121) New York: Dover. 1964.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl. Parts 1 & 2. (Originally Bulletins 126, 130.) New York: Dover. 1962 .

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds. (Originally Bulletin 135) New York: Dover. 1963.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Parts 1 & 2. (Originally Bulletins 142, 146.) New York: Dover. 1962.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds. (Originally Bulletin 162). New York: Dover. 1963.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, Parts 1 & 2. (Originally Bulletins 167, 170.) New York: Dover. 1961.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers. (Originally Bulletin 174.) New York: Dover. 1964.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and their Allies, Parts 1 & 2. (Originally Bulletin 176.) New York: Dover. 1964.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies. (Originally Bulletin 179.) New York: Dover. 1963.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows, and Titmice. US National Museum Bulletin 191. Washington, DC: USGPO. 1946.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers and Their Allies. US National Museum Bulletin 195. Washington, DC: USGPO. 1948.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies. US National Museum Bulletin 196. Washington, DC: USGPO. 1949.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and The Allies. US National Museum Bulletin 197. Washington, DC: USGPO. 1950.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers. US National Museum Bulletin 203, Washington, DC: USGPO. 1953.

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers, and Allies. US National Museum Bulletin 211. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1958 [2 copies]

Ibid. Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches, Sparrows and Allies, Parts 1, 2 and 3. (Originally published as Bulletin 237.) New York: Dover. 1968.

Blachly, Lou & Jenks, Randolph w drawings by Oman, Sheridan. Naming the birds at a glance. New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1965.

Blackman, Thomas M. Birds of the Central Pacific Ocean. Honolulu, HI: Tongg Publishing. 1944.

Blanchan, Neltje. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1904.

Bodsworth, Fred. Last of the Curlews. London: Longmans Green & Co. 1966.

Bond, James. Birds of the West Indies. Boston: Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin. 1961.

Boulton, Rudyerd. Traveling with the Birds, A book on Bird Migration. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. 1933.

Boy Scouts of America. Bird Study (Merit Badge Pamphlet) New Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America. 1967.

Burgess, Thornton W. w illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Birds You Should Know. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1933.

Carson L.B. w illus by Rice, Orville O. Introduction to our Bird Friends. Topeka, KS: Capper Publications. 1954. (Also later edition, published 1959.)

Chapman, Frank M. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. New York: D Appleton & Co. 1895.

Chapman, Frank M. The Habitat Groups of North American Birds in the American Museum of Natural History. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 1916.

Collins, Henry H. Jr. w illustrations by Peterson, Roger Tory. Birds of the Everglades. Bronxville, NY: Caribou Press. 1956.

Collins, Henry H, Jr. Bent’s Life Histories of North American Birds, Vol. 1 Water Birds. (Abridged) New York: Harper & Bros. 1960.

Dawson, William Leon. The Birds of California, Vols. 1,2,3,4. San Diego: South Moulton CO. 1923.

Eaton. Birds of New York. (Reprints from plates). Albany, NY: J.B.Lyon. 1925.

Emlen, John T. and Archbald, David. Quick Key Guide to Birds. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1967.

Fisher, James & Peterson, Roger Tory. The World of Birds. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. 1964.

Forbush, Edward Howe. The Utility of Birds. Boston: State Printers. 1921.

Forbush, Edward Howe. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England States, Vols. 1-3. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1925.

Forbush, Edward Howe & May, John Bichard. Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press. 1925.

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz & Brooks, Allan. Portraits of New England Birds. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1932.

Goodrich, Arthur L Jr. Birds in Kansas. Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, June, 1945. Topeka, KS: Ks State Printer. 1946.

Goss, N.S. History of the Birds of Kansas. Topeka,KS: Crane & Company. 1891.

Griscom, Ludlow and Sprunt, Alexander Jr. The Warblers of America. New York: Devin-Adair Co. 1957. [2 copies]

Gromme, Owen J. Birds of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: Univ. Wisconsin Press. 1963.

Grossman, Mary Louise & Hamlet, John. Birds of Prey of the World. New York: Clarkson N. Potter Inc. 1964.

Grosvenor, Gilbert. The Book of Birds — Birds of Town & Country, the Warblers, and American Game Birds. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 1927.

Grosvenor, Gilbert and Wetmore, Alexander. The Book of Birds, Vols. 1 & 2. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 1932, 1939 edition.

Harrison, Hal H. American Birds in Color — Land Birds. New York: Wm. H. Wise. 1948

Hayes, Jeanne E. Sanibel & Captiva Bird Guide. (Published privately.) 1966

Henshaw, Henry W. Fifty Common Birds of Farm & Orchard. Washington, DC: US Govt. Printing Ofc. 1913. (Re-bound)

Hickey, Joseph J. A Guide to Bird Watching. London: Oxford Univ. Press. 1943.

Hoffmann, Ralph. A guide to the Birds of New England and Eastern New York. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 1904.

Horsfall, R. Bruce. Bird and Animal Paintings, Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Nature Magazine. 1930

Howell, Arthur H. Florida Bird Life. New York: Coward-McCann. 1932.

Johnston, Richard F. Directory to the Bird-life of Kansas. Topeka, KS: KS State Printer. 1960.

Kortright, Francis H. The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America. Washington, DC: The American Wildlife Institute. 1943. [2 copies]

Lowery, George H. Louisiana Birds. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1955.

Maine Ornithological Society. Journal, Vols. 1-6. Waterville, ME. 1899-1904.

Mathews, F. Schutler. Fieldbook of Wild Birds and Their Music. New York: G.P.Putnam’s Sons. 1904. [2 copies --1 copy published 1905; 1 copy published 1906]

Matthews, G.V.T. Bird Navigation, 2nd edition. London: Cambridge Univ. Press. 1968.

May, John Bichard. The Hawks of North America. New York: National Assn. of Audubon Societies. 1935.

McNulty, Faith. The Whooping Crane. New York: E.P. Dutton. 1966.

Medlin, Faith. Centuries of Owls. Norwalk, CT: Silvermine Publishers. 1967.

Menzel, Donald H. A Field Guide to the Stars & Planets. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964.

Miller, Olive Thorne. A Bird-Lover in the West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1894.

Murie, Olaus J. A Field Guide to Animal Tracks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1954.

Murphy, Robert Cushman & Amadon, Dean. Land Birds of America. New York: McGraw Hill. 1953.

Packard, Fred Mallery. The birds of Rocky Mountain National Park. Estes Park, CO: Rocky Mountain Nature Assn. 1950.

Parmelee, Alice. All the Birds of the Bible. New York: Harper Bros. 1959.

Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to the Birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1947.

Peterson, Roger Tory. The Bird Watcher’s Anthology. New York: Harcourt Brace. 1957.

Peterson, Roger Tory, and Editors of LIFE. The Birds. Life Nature Library. New York: TIME Inc. 1963

Pough, Richard H. Audubon Bird Guide - Eastern Land Birds. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1946.

Pough, Richard H. Audubon Bird Guide — Small Land Birds of Eastern and Central North America from Southern Texas to Central Greenland. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1949.

Pough, Richard H. Audubon Water Bird Guide — Water, game and large land birds. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1951.

Pough, Richard H. Audubon Western Bird Guide. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1957.

Rand, Austin L. American Water & Game Birds. New York: E P Dutton & Co. 1956.

Reed, Chester A. Bird Guide — Land birds east of the Rockies from parrots to bluebirds. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1940.

Reed, Chester A. Bird Guide — water birds, game birds and birds of prey. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1940.

Reed, Chester A. North American Birds Eggs, revised edition. New York: Dover Publications. 1965.

Rhodes, Harry L. Bird Notes with Questions and Answers. Wellington, KS: Charles Hillebrandt. 1932.

Roberts, Thomas S. The Birds of Minnesota. Vols. 1 & 2. Minneapolis, MN: Univ. of Minnesota Press. 1932.

Roberts, Thomas S. Bird Portraits in Color. (295 North American Species) Minneapolis, MN: Univ. MN Press. 1934, reprinted 1960. [2 copies]

Robinson, Thane S. The Ecology of Bobwhites in South-central Kansas. Topeka, KS: KS State Printer. 1957.

Ruthven, John A & Zimmerman, William. Top flight speed index to waterfowl of North America. Milwaukee, WI: Moebius Printing. 1965.

Sandars, Edmund. A Bird Book for the pocket, 2nd edition. London: Oxford Univ. Press. 1929.

Saunders, Aretas A. A Guide to Bird Songs. Descriptions and diagrams of the songs and singing habits of the land birds of northeastern United States. New York: D. Appleton Century. 1935.

Scott, Peter. A Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World. New York: Charles Scribner Sons. 1957.

Sheldon, H.P. Sportsman’s Guide to Wild Ducks. Washington, DC: Wildlife Management Institute. 1946.

Short, Angus H & Cartwright, B.W. Know Your Ducks and Geese–Sports Afield Collection. Minneapolis, MN: Sports Afield Publishing. 1948.

Sprunt, Alexander Jr. and Grimes, Samuel. The Great Outdoors Book of Birds. St. Petersburg, FL: Great Outdoors Publishing. 1960.

Sprunt, Alexander, Jr. Florida Bird Life. New York: Coward-McCann. 1954

Sprunt, Alexander Jr. North American Birds of Prey. New York: Harper & Bros. 1955.

Stebbins, Cyril A. and Stebbins, Robert C. What Bird is that? Sherman Oaks, CA: Valley Vista Press. 1950.

Stebbins, Cyril A. Stebbins, Robert C. Birds of Yosemite National Park, Yosemite: Yosemite Natural History Assn. 1954.

Stratton-Porter, Gene. Birds of the Bible. Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham. 1909.

Street, J. Fletcher. Brief Bird Biographies. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.

Stupka, Arthur. Notes on the Birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press. 1963.

Taverner, P.A. Birds of Canada. Toronto: Musson Book Co. 1953.

Tordoff, Harrison B. Check-list of the Birds of Kansas. Lawrence: University of Kansas. 1956.

Wildsmith, Brian. Brian Wildsmith’s Birds. New York: Franklin Watts Inc. 1967.

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