TEXT=+ FIELD GUIDESBond, J., "Birds of the West Indies." 5th edition, London: Collins, 1985.Bull, J. and Farrand, Jr., J., "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region," rev. ed. Edited by John Farrand, Jr. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.Coe, J., "Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification of North American Species." New York: Golden Press, 1994.Farrand, Jr., J., "The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding," 3 vols. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. _______ "Eastern Birds (An Audubon Handbook)." New York: McGraw Hill, 1988. _______ "Western Birds (An Audubon Handbook)." New York: McGraw Hill, 1988. _______ "How to Identify Birds (An Audubon Handbook)." New York: McGraw Hill, 1988.Flint, V.E., Boehme, R.L., Kostin, Y.V. and Kuznetsov, A.A., "A Field Guide to the Birds of the USSR." Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.Harris, A.. Tucker, L. And Vinicombe, K., "The MacMillan Field Guide to Bird Identification." London: The MacMillan Press Ltd., 1989. (European focus, but covers many North American species.)Harrison, C., "A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds." London: Collins, 1978.Harrison, H.H., "A Field Guide to Birds' Nests (East of the Mississippi)." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. _______ "A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.Howell, S.N.G. and Webb, S., "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. (Covers Mexican species straying accidentally to North America.)Jonsson, L., "Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East." London: Christoper Helm, 1992.Kaufman, K., "A Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.National Geographic Society, "Field Guide to the Birds of North America," 2nd ed. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1987.Peterson, R. T., "A Field Guide to Mexican Birds," Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. ________ "A Field Guide to the Birds (East of the Rockies)," 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. ________ "A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe," 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. ________ "A Field Guide to Western Birds," 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.Pough, R.H., "Audubon Bird Guide: Eastern Land Birds." New York: Doubleday, 1946. ________ "Audubon Water Bird Guide." New York: Doubleday, 1956.Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., and Zim, H.S., "Birds of North America." New York: Golden Press, 1966.Udvardy, M.D.F., "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region," rev. ed. Edited by John Farrand, Jr. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.CHECKLISTSAmerican Birding Association Checklist, "ABA Checklist: Birds of Continental United States and Canada," 4th ed. Austin: 1994.American Ornithologists' Union, "A. O. U. Checklist of North American Birds," 6th ed. Baltimore: 1983.DeSante, D. and Pyle, P., "Distributional Checklist of North American Birds: Volume I: United States and Canada." Lee Vining, CA: Artemisia Press, 1986. (Out of print.)Clements, J.F., "Birds of the World: A Checklist," 4th ed. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 1991.Monroe, B.L. and Sibley, C.G., "A World Checklist of Birds." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY TEXTBOOKSGill, F.B., "Ornithology," 2nd ed. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1994.Pettingill, O.S., Jr., ed., "Ornithology in Laboratory and Field," 4th ed. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1985.Proctor, N.S. and Lynch, P.J., "Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure & Function." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.Welty, J.C. and Baptista, L., "The Life of Birds." Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1988.GENERAL REFERENCESBent, A.C., "Life Histories of North American Birds, " 23 vols. Washington DC: U.S. National Museum, 1919-1968.Campbell, B. and Lack, R., eds., "A Dictionary of Birds." Shipman, VA: Buteo Books, 1985.Craighead, J.J. and Craighead, Jr., F.C., "Hawks, Owls and Wildlife." New York: Dover, 1969.Ehrlich, P.R., Dobkin, D.S., and Wheye, D., "The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds." New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. _______ "The Birdwatcher's Handbook: A Guide to the Natural History of the Birds of Britain and Europe." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. (Covers North American accidentals.)Jobling, J.A., "A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.Leahy, C., "The Birdwatcher's Companion: An Encyclopedic Handbook of North American Birdlife." New York: Hill and Wang, 1982.Palmer, R.S., ed., "Handbook of North American Birds," 5 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962-1988.Terres, J.K., "The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.Forthcoming:American Ornithologists' Union and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, "The Birds of North America," 18 vols. projected.HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGYGibbons, F. and Strom, D., "Neighbors to the Birds: A History of Birdwatching in America." New York: W. W. Norton, 1988.Graham, F., "The Audubon Ark: A History of the National Audubon Society." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.Kastner, J., "A World of Watchers." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.Mearns, B. and Mearns, R., "Audubon to Xantus: The Lives of Those Commemorated in North American Bird Names." San Diego: Academic Press, 1992.Stresemann, E., "Ornithology from Aristotle to the Present." Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975.BOOKS ON SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS:BEHAVIORArmstrong, E.A., "Bird Display and Behavior." New York, Dover: 1942.Burton, R., "Bird Behavior." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.Collins, N. and Collins, E., "Nest Building and Bird Behavior." Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.Lack, D., "The Life of the Robin," 4th ed. London: Penguin Books, 1965.Nice, M., "Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow." New York: Dover, 1943.Short, L., "The Lives of Birds: Birds of the World and Their Behavior." New York: Henry Holt, 1993.Skutch, A.F., "Parent Birds and Their Young." Austin: University of Texas Press, 1976.Stokes, D.W. and Stokes, L.Q., "A Guide to Bird Behavior," 3 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1979-1989.Weiner, J., "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.FLIGHTBurton, R., "Bird Flight: An Illustrated Study of Birds' Aerial Mastery." New York: Facts on File, 1990.Ruppell, G., "Bird Flight." New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.Terres, J. and Terres, K., "How Birds Fly." New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975.MIGRATION AND NAVIGATIONAlerstam, "Bird Migration." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.Dorst, J., "The Migrations of Birds." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.Duncan, R.A., "Bird Migration, Weather and Fallout."Kerlinger, P., "Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks." Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.Matthews, G.V.T., "Bird Navigation." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.BIRD SONGArmstrong, E.A., "A Study of Bird Song." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963.Catchpole, C.K. and Slater, P.J.B., "Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.Hartshorne, C., "Born to Sing: An Interpretations and World Survey of Bird Song." Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.Thorpe, W.H., "Bird Song: The Biology of Vocal Communication and Expression in Birds." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961.BOOKS ON SPECIAL GROUPS OF BIRDS:Bellrose, F., "Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America." Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1976.Brown, L. and Amadon, D., "Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World," 2 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.Cade, T.J., "The Falcons of the World." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982.Clark, W.S. and Wheeler, B.K., "A Field Guide to Hawks of North America." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. _______ "A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors."Curson, J., "Warblers of North America: An Identification Guide."De la Torre, J., "Owls: Their Life and Behavior." New York: Crown, 1990.Dunne, P., Sibley, D., and Sutton, C., "Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.Harrison, H.H., "Wood Warblers' World." New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.Harrison, P., "Seabirds," 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. _______ "A Field Guide to Seabirds of the World." Lexington: Stephen Greene Press, 1987.Hayman, P., Marchant, J., and Prater, T., "Shorebirds." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.Johnsgard, P., "Cranes of the World." Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983. _______ "Grouse and Quails of North America." Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1973. _______ "Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1965. _______ "Hummingbirds of North America." Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. _______ "The Plovers, Sandpipers and Snipes of the World." Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981. _______ "Waterfowl of North America." Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976.Madge, S. and Burn, H., "Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.Short, L., "Woodpeckers of the World." Greenville: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1982.Skutch, A.F., "The Life of the Hummingbird." New York: Crown, 1973.BIRD ATTRACTING AND BIRD FEEDINGClench, M.H. and Spofford, S.H., "Attracting Birds to Your Backyard."Dennis, J.V., "A Complete Guide to Birdfeeding," rev. ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.Harrison, G.H., "The Backyard Bird Watcher." New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.McElroy, Jr., T., "The New Handbook of Attracting Birds." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.Terres, J.K., "Songbirds in Your Garden," rev. ed. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1994.BIRDS, BIRDING AND BIRD-WATCHINGBuff, S., "The Birder's Handbook." New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991.Connor, J., "The Complete Birder: A Guide to Better Birding." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.Dunne, P., "Tales of a Low-Rent Birder." New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1986. _______ "More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder." New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1994.Heinrich, B., "One Man's Owl," rev. ed. Abridged by Alice Calaprice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.Hickey, J.J., "A Guide to Bird Watching," reprint. New York: Dover, 1975.Kilham, L., "On Watching Birds." Chelsea: Chelsea Green, 1988.Kress, S.W., "The Audubon Society Handbook for Birders." New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.Mathiesson, P., "The Wind Birds."Pasquier, R.F., "Watching Birds." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.Sill, B., Sill, C., and Sill, J., "Beyond Birdwatching."Terborgh, J., "Where Have All the Birds Gone? Essays on the Biology and Conservation of Birds that Migrate to the American Tropics." Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989.
