This book is a joyous introduction to the exciting world of North American birds as seen through the eyes and ears of almost every significant naturalist from Columbus's time to the present.
32pp. of B&W illustrations; circa 80 bird articles by noted authors, including Audubon, Burroughs, Mark Catesby, John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, John Kieran, Donald Culross Peatre and many others. The book is organized in five parts: Flight,Family matters, Birds of a Feather, Birds and Men, Extinction and Conservation.