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REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA

by B.H. Warren

Published by E.K. Cole Ltd.. 1st. 1890

Very good condition. With Special Reference to the Food-Habits, based on over Four Thousand Stomach Examinations. Second Edition, revised and augmented. Illustrated with 100 colour plates in the style of Audubon. Modern cloth binding with red title to spine.

Spine slightly faded, a few small marks to covers. New endpapers. Re-sewn, binding tight. Pencil underlining to title page else contents clean. All plates present.

Stock no. 1805598

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Contents

  • List of Plates
  • Introduction
  • Order Pygopodes - Diving Birds
  • Family Podicipidae - The Grebes
  • Urinatoridae - The Loons
  • Alcidae - The Auks, Murres and Puffins
  • Order Longipennes - Long-winged swimmers
  • Family Stercorariidae - The Jaegars
  • Laridae - The Gulls and Terns
  • Rynchopidae - the Skimmers
  • Order Tubinares - Tube-nosed swimmers
  • Family Procellariidae - The Shearwaters and Petrels
  • Order Steganopodes - Totipalmate Swimmers
  • Family Phalacrocoracidae - The Cormorants
  • Pelecanidae - The Pelicans
  • Order Anseres - Lamellirostral Swimmers
  • Family Anatidae - The Ducks, Geese and Swans
  • Order Herodiones - Herons, Egrets etc.
  • Family Ibididae - the Ibises
  • Ciconiidae - The Wood Ibises
  • Ardeidae - The Herons, Bitterns, etc.
  • Order Paludicolae - Rails, Coots etc
  • Rallidae - The Rails, Gallinules etc
  • Order Limicolae - Shore Birds
  • Family Phalaropodidae - The Phalaropes
  • Scolopacidae - The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc
  • Charadriidae - The Plovers
  • Aphrizidae - the Turnstones
  • Order Gallinae - Gallinaceous Birds
  • Family Tetraonidae - The Grouse, Partridges etc
  • Order Columbae - Pigeons
  • Family Columbidae - Pigeons
  • Order Raptores - Birds of Prey
  • Family Cathartidae - The American Vulture
  • Falconidae - The Hawks, Eagles etc
  • Strigidae - the Barn Owls
  • Bubonidae - The Horned Owls etc
  • OrderCoccyges - Cuckoos etc
  • Family Cuculidae - The Cuckoos
  • Alcedinidae - the Kingfishers
  • Order Pici - Woodpeckers
  • Family Picidae - the Woodpeckers
  • Order Macrochires- Goatsuckers, Swifts
  • Family Caprimulgidae - the Whip-poor-will and Nighthawk
  • Micropodidae - Swifts
  • Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
  • Order Passeres - Perching birds
  • Family Tyrannidae - the Flycatchers
  • Alaudidae - Larks
  • Corvidae - The Crows and Jays
  • Icteridae - The Blackbirds, Orioles
  • Fringillidae - the Finches, Sparrows
  • Tanagridae - The Tanagers
  • Family Hirundinidae - The Swallows
  • Ampelidae - The Waxwings
  • Laniidae - The Shrikes
  • Vireonidae - The Vireos
  • Mniotiltidae - The Wood Warblers
  • Motocillidae - The Wagtails
  • Troglodytidae - The Wrens, Thrashers,etc
  • Certhilidae - The Creepers
  • Paridae - the Nuthatches and Tits
  • Sylvidae - The Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
  • Turdidae - The Thrushes , Bluebirds etc.
  • APPENDIX
  • Birds of prey and the "Scalp" act of June 23 1885
  • Food of Hawks and Owls
  • The Food of Crows
  • The English Sparrow
  • Some Nocturnal Migrants
  • Protection of Birds
  • List of Authorities
  • Glossary of Technical Issues
  • Index

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