BIRD BIOGRAPHIES A GUIDE-BOOK FOR BEGINNERS
Reading edition
An Introduction to 150 Common Land Birds of the Eastern United States
BY ALICE E. BALL Author of “A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS”
ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL Painter of Backgrounds in Habitat, Groups American Museum of Natural History New York City
56 COLORED PLATES
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1923
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Copyright, 1923. By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Inc. PRINTED IN U. S. A.
VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
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TO MY FRIEND ELIZABETH JONES IN LOVING ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER UNTIRING AID, UNWAVERING FAITH, AND INSPIRING CRITICISM THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
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