Bird Guide: Water Birds, Game Birds, and Birds of Prey East of the Rockies
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1906]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- BIRD GUIDE Water Birds, Game Birds and Birds of Prey
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- THINGS TO REMEMBER Characteristics of Form or Habit That Will Determine to What Order or Family Birds Belong.
- ORDER 1. DIVING BIRDS—Pygopodes.
- ORDER 2. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS.—Longipennes.
- ORDER 3. TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS.—Tubinares.
- ORDER 4. TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS.—Steganopodes.
- ORDER 5. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Anseres.
- ORDER 6. FLAMINGOES. Odontoglossæ.
- ORDER 7. HERONS, IBISES, ETC. Herodiones.
- ORDER 8. MARSH BIRDS. Paludicolæ.
- ORDER 9. SHORE BIRDS. Limicolæ.
- ORDER 10. FOWLS. Gallinæ.
- ORDER 11. PIGEONS AND DOVES. Columbæ.
- ORDER 12. BIRDS OF PREY. Raptores.
- BIRD GUIDE
- DIVING BIRDS—Order Pygopodes GREBES—Family Colymbidæ WESTERN GREBE
- HOLBŒLL GREBE
- HORNED GREBE
- AMERICAN EARED GREBE
- LEAST OR ST. DOMINGO GREBE
- PIED-BILLED GREBE
- LOONS—Family Gavidæ LOON; GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
- BLACK-THROATED LOON
- RED-THROATED LOON
- AUKS, MURRES and PUFFINS—Family Alcidæ PUFFIN; SEA PARROT
- BLACK GUILLEMOT; SEA PIGEON
- MURRE
- RAZOR-BILLED AUK
- GREAT AUK
- DOVEKIE; SEA DOVE
- LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS—Order Longipennes SKUAS AND JÆGERS—Family Stercorariidæ SKUA
- POMARINE JAEGER
- PARASITIC JAEGER
- LONG-TAILED JAEGER
- GULLS AND TERNS—Family Laridæ IVORY GULL
- KITTIWAKE
- GLAUCUS GULL
- ICELAND GULL
- KUMLIEN GULL
- GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
- HERRING GULL
- RING-BILLED GULL
- LAUGHING GULL
- FRANKLIN GULL
- BONAPARTE GULL
- ROSS GULL; WEDGE-TAILED GULL
- SABINE GULL
- GULL-BILLED TERN
- CASPIAN TERN
- ROYAL TERN
- CABOT TERN
- TRUDEAU TERN
- FORSTER TERN
- COMMON TERN
- ARCTIC TERN
- ROSEATE TERN
- LEAST TERN
- SOOTY TERN
- BRIDLED TERN
- BLACK TERN
- NODDY
- SKIMMERS—Family Rynchopidæ BLACK SKIMMER
- TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS—Order Tubinares SHEARWATERS—Family Procellaridæ FULMAR
- CORY SHEARWATER
- AUDUBON SHEARWATER
- GREATER SHEARWATER
- SOOTY SHEARWATER
- STORMY PETREL
- WILSON PETREL
- LEACH PETREL
- TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS—Order Steganopodes TROPIC BIRD—Family Phæthontidæ YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD
- GANNETS—Family Sulidæ BLUE-FACED BOOBY
- BOOBY
- GANNET
- DARTERS—Family Anhingdæ ANHINGA; SNAKE BIRD
- CORMORANTS—Family Phalacrocoracidæ CORMORANT
- DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
- MEXICAN CORMORANT
- PELICANS—Family Pelecanidæ WHITE PELICAN
- BROWN PELICAN
- MAN-O’-WAR BIRDS—Family Fregatidæ MAN-O’-WAR BIRD; FRIGATE BIRD
- ORDER ANSERES AMERICAN MERGANSER
- RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
- HOODED MERGANSER
- MALLARD
- BLACK DUCK
- FLORIDA DUCK
- GADWALL
- WIDGEON
- BALDPATE; AMERICAN WIDGEON
- GREEN-WINGED TEAL
- BLUE-WINGED TEAL
- CINNAMON TEAL
- SHOVELLER
- PINTAIL
- WOOD DUCK
- REDHEAD
- CANVAS-BACK
- AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK
- LESSER SCAUP DUCK
- RING-NECKED DUCK
- BUFFLE-HEAD
- AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE
- BARROW GOLDEN-EYE
- OLD SQUAW; LONG-TAILED DUCK
- HARLEQUIN DUCK
- LABRADOR DUCK
- NORTHERN EIDER
- AMERICAN EIDER
- KING EIDER
- AMERICAN SCOTER
- WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
- SURF SCOTER
- RUDDY DUCK
- LESSER SNOW GOOSE
- GREATER SNOW GOOSE
- BLUE GOOSE
- AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
- CANADA GOOSE
- BRANT
- BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK
- FULVOUS TREE DUCK
- WHISTLING SWAN
- ORDER ODONTOGLOSSÆ FLAMINGOES—Family Phœnicopteridæ FLAMINGO
- HERONS, STORKS, IBISES—Order Herodiones Family Plataleidæ ROSEATE SPOONBILL
- IBISES—Family Ibididæ WHITE IBIS
- SCARLET IBIS
- GLOSSY IBIS
- WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS
- STORKS—Family Ciconidæ WOOD IBIS
- BITTERNS, ETC.—Family Ardeidæ AMERICAN BITTERN
- LEAST BITTERN
- CORY LEAST BITTERN
- GREAT WHITE HERON
- GREAT BLUE HERON
- AMERICAN EGRET
- SNOWY HERON
- REDDISH EGRET
- LOUISIANA HERON
- LITTLE BLUE HERON
- GREEN HERON
- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
- CRANES, RAILS, ETC.—Order Paludicolæ CRANES—Family Gruidæ WHOOPING CRANE
- LITTLE BROWN CRANE
- SANDHILL CRANE
- COURLANS—Family Aramidæ LIMPKIN
- RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS—Family Rallidæ KING RAIL
- CLAPPER RAIL
- VIRGINIA RAIL
- CAROLINA RAIL; SORA
- YELLOW RAIL
- BLACK RAIL
- PURPLE GALLINULE
- FLORIDA GALLINULE
- AMERICAN COOT
- SHORE BIRDS—Order Limicolæ PHALAROPES—Family Phalaropodidæ RED PHALAROPE
- NORTHERN PHALAROPE
- WILSON PHALAROPE
- AVOCETS AND STILTS—Family Recurvirostridæ AMERICAN AVOCET
- BLACK-NECKED STILT
- SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC.—Family Scolopacidæ AMERICAN WOODCOCK
- WILSON SNIPE
- DOWITCHER
- STILT SANDPIPER
- KNOT
- PURPLE SANDPIPER
- PECTORAL SANDPIPER
- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
- BAIRD SANDPIPER
- LEAST SANDPIPER
- SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
- RED-BACKED SANDPIPER
- SANDERLING
- MARBLED GODWIT
- HUDSONIAN GODWIT
- GREATER YELLOW-LEGS
- LESSER YELLOW-LEGS
- SOLITARY SANDPIPER
- WILLET
- BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER
- BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
- SPOTTED SANDPIPER
- LONG-BILLED CURLEW
- HUDSONIAN CURLEW
- ESKIMO CURLEW
- PLOVERS—Family Charadriidæ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
- AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
- KILLDEER
- SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
- PIPING PLOVER
- SNOWY PLOVER
- WILSON PLOVER
- MOUNTAIN PLOVER
- TURNSTONE
- RUDDY TURNSTONE
- AMERICAN OYSTER-CATCHER
- MEXICAN JACANA
- GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC.—Order Gallinæ Family Odontophoridæ BOB-WHITE; QUAIL; VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE
- SCALED PARTRIDGE
- GAMBEL PARTRIDGE
- MEARNS OR MASSENA PARTRIDGE
- DUSKY GROUSE
- HUDSONIAN SPRUCE GROUSE
- CANADA GROUSE; SPRUCE GROUSE
- RUFFED GROUSE
- WILLOW PTARMIGAN
- ROCK PTARMIGAN
- PRAIRIE HEN; PINNATED GROUSE
- HEATH HEN
- LESSER PRAIRIE HEN
- PRAIRIE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
- SAGE GROUSE
- Family Meleagridæ WILD TURKEY
- RING-NECKED OR MONGOLIAN PHEASANT
- FAMILY CRACIDÆ CHACHALACA
- PIGEONS AND DOVES—Order Columbæ Family Columbidæ PASSENGER PIGEON
- MOURNING DOVE
- WHITE-FRONTED DOVE
- WHITE-WINGED DOVE
- GROUND DOVE
- INCA DOVE
- VULTURES, HAWKS AND OWLS—Order Raptores AMERICAN VULTURES—Family Cathartidæ TURKEY VULTURE OR BUZZARD
- BLACK VULTURE
- FALCONS, HAWKS AND EAGLES—Family Falconidæ SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
- WHITE-TAILED KITE
- MISSISSIPPI KITE
- EVERGLADE KITE
- MARSH HAWK
- SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
- COOPER HAWK
- AMERICAN GOSHAWK
- HARRIS HAWK
- RED-TAILED HAWK
- RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
- SENNETT WHITE-TAILED HAWK
- SWAINSON HAWK
- BROAD-WINGED HAWK
- AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
- FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
- GOLDEN EAGLE
- BALD EAGLE
- WHITE GRYFALCON
- GRAY GYRFALCON
- PRAIRIE FALCON
- DUCK HAWK
- PIGEON HAWK
- RICHARDSON MERLIN
- SPARROW HAWK
- AUDUBON CARACARA
- AMERICAN OSPREY; FISH HAWK
- FAMILY ALUCONIDÆ BARN OWL
- HORNED OWLS—Family Bubonidæ AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL
- SHORT-EARED OWL
- BARRED OWL
- GREAT GRAY OWL
- RICHARDSON OWL
- SAW-WHET OWL; ACADIAN OWL.
- SCREECH OWL
- GREAT HORNED OWL
- SNOWY OWL
- AMERICAN HAWK OWL
- BURROWING OWL
- INDEX.
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