The appended titles of works of this nature have been selected from a card catalogue of faunal publications which the author began to prepare some twenty years ago, in part with regard to their historic importance, but mainly on the basis of their present working value.
Unfortunately many of these papers are now out of print or are hidden in scientific publications of but limited circulation and are therefore correspondingly inaccessible. When, however, other means to secure them fail, the Librarian of the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, may be consulted with a view to securing, at cost, a type written copy of any list desired.
THE WORLD
1875-1895. SHARPE, B., and others. Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum. 27 vols. with descriptions of the birds of the world, ills.—1885. STEJNEGER, L., and others. Riverside Natural History. Vol. IV, Birds, 4to, 558 pp., ills. (Houghton, Mifflin). Classification, structure, habits, distribution.—1893-1836. NEWTON, A., and others. A Dictionary of Birds. Pop. Ed., 8vo, 1088 pp., ills. (Macmillan).—1894-95. LYDEKKER, R., and others. Royal Nat. Hist., Birds, 4to, Vols. III, 584 pp., and IV, 576 pp., ills., General account.—1899. EVANS, A. H., Birds. Vol. IX, Cambridge Natural History (Macmillan). 8vo, 635 pp. ills. Classification, habits, distribution.—1899-1909. SHARPE, B. A Hand-List of the Genera and Species of Birds. 8vo, 5 vols. Published by British Museum. Names and Ranges.—1909. KNOWLTON, F. H., and others. Birds of the World, sm. 4to, 873 pp., ills. (Holt). Habits, distribution.
NORTH AMERICA
1804-14, WILSON, A. American Ornithology. 9 vols., 4to Many subsequent editions, the last, in one volume, by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, is crude, but at least places Wilson's text within reach of every one.—1831-39. AUDUBON, J. J. Ornithological Biography. 5 vols., 8vo of text to accompany the 4 elephant folios of plates (1827-38). Republished in 8 vols., 8vo, 1840-44 and later editions. The elephant folios with the 5 volumes of text sell for $2500-$3000; the text can sometimes be purchased at $5 per volume; the first 8vo edition brings about $350.—1832-34. NUTTALL, T. Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. 2 vols. Several later editions, the last revised by Montague Chamberlain (Little, Brown & Co.), 1903, 2 vols. in one, 473 and 431 pp.—1858. BAIRD, S. F., CASSIN, J., and LAWRENCE, G. N. Pacific R. R. Reports. Vol. IX. Birds (of North America). 4to. pp. LVI+1005—1872. COUES, E. Key to North American Birds. 1903, 5th and last ed., 2 vols., roy. 8vo. 1152 pp. The introduction, of 233 pages, treats of general ornithology and the anatomy of birds.—1874-1884. BAIRD, S. F., BREWER, T. M., and RIDGWAY, R. History of North American Birds. Land birds, 3 vols.: water birds, 2 vols., 4to. The volumes on land birds republished in 8vo size but from same plates, 1905, 596, 590, 560 pp. (Little, Brown & Co).—1886. American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. New York, Rev. Ed. 1910, 8vo, 430 pp.—1887. RIDGWAY, R. A Manual of North American Birds. 2d Ed. 1896, 653 pp. (Lippincott).—1892-5. BENDIRE, C. Life Histories of North American Birds. I, 414 pp., Gallinaceous birds, Pigeons, Hawks, and Owls; II, 1895, 508 pp., Parrots, Cuckoos, Trogons, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Cotingas, Flycatchers, Larks, Crows and Jays, Blackbirds and Orioles. (Pub. by U. S. Nat. Mus.)—1893. NEHRLING, H. Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty. Vol. I, 371 pp.; Vol. II, 1896, 452 pp. Biographical.—1898. DAVIE, O. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds. 5th Ed., 8vo, 509 pp. (Columbus, Ohio).—1901-1911. RIDGWAY, R. The Birds of North and Middle America. Bull. 50, U. S. Nat. Mus. Part I, 1901, Fringillidæ; Part II, 1902, Tanagridæ, Icteridæ, Cœrebidæ, Mniotiltidæ; Part III, 1904, Motacillidæ, Hirundinidæ, Ampelidæ, Ptilogonatidæ, Dulidæ, Vireonidæ, Laniidæ, Corvidæ, Paridæ, Sittidæ, Certhiidæ, Troglodytidæ, Cinclidæ, Chameidæ, Sylviidæ; Part IV, 1907, Turdidæ, Zeledoniidæe, Mimidæe, Sturnidæ, Ploceidæ, Alaudidaæ, Oxyruncidæ, Tyrannidæ, Pipridæ, Cotingidæ. Part V, 1912, Pteroptochidæ, Formicariidæ, Furnariidæ, Dendrocolaptidæ, Trochilidæ, Micropodidæ, Trogonidæ. Other volumes to follow. The standard work.—1903. CHAPMAN, F. M. Color Key to North American Birds. 312 pp., upward 800 col. ills.—1904. REED, C. S. North American Birds' Eggs. 355 pp., many ills.—1910. American Ornithologists' Union Abridged Check-List of North American Birds. Pocket Edition, 77 printed + 77 blank pp. (New York).
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.
1872-1881. MAYNARD, C. J. Birds of Eastern North America; 1896, Rev. Ed., 4to, 721 pp., ills. (West Newton, Mass.).—1884. LANGILLE, J. H…. Our Birds in Their Haunts. 12mo, 624 pp. (Cassino).—1889. MERRIAM, F. A. Birds Through an Opera-glass. 12mo, 223 pp. (Houghton).—1895. WRIGHT, M. O. Birdcraft, 12mo, 317 pp., ills. (Macmillan).—1895. CHAPMAN, F. M. Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North America, 421 pp., ills.; 1912. Rev. Ed. (Appleton's).—1897. CHAPMAN, F. M. Bird-Life. A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds. 12mo. 269 pp. 75 plls.; 1901, Rev. Ed., with col. plls. (Appleton's).—1897. WRIGHT, M. O., and COUES, E. Citizen Bird, 12mo, 430 pp. ills. (Macmillan).—1898. BLANCHAN, N. Bird Neighbors, 234 pp., col. Plls. (Doubleday).—1898. MERRIAM, F. A. Birds of Village and Field. 12mo. 406 pp., ills. (Houghton).—1898. SCOTT, W. E. D. Bird Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern North America. 4to, 363 pp. Many half-tones (Putnam's).—1898. APGAR, A. C. Birds of the United States East of the Rockies. 12mo, 415 pp. ills. (Am. Book Co.).—1899. CORY, C. B. The Birds of Eastern North America. 8vo, 387 pp., ills. (Field Museum).—1905-6. REED, C. A. Bird-Guide. Oblong, 32mo, Part I, 254 pp.; Part II, 197 pp.; many ills. (Doubleday).
GREENLAND