Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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3 species in this part of Handbook of Birds.

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ORDER PALUDICOLE: CRANES, RAILS, ETC. 125 • 125 125 • 126 . 127 128 137 • 21. Family Gruidæ: Cranes 137 • 22. Family Aramidæ: Courlans 138…

Vanna Sparrow

Ad.-A pale yellow mark over or before the eye and on the bend of the wing; general tone of the upper parts brownish black, the centers of…

Veery

Well-shaded lawns are sometimes graced by his presence, and at all times he is more familiar and easier to observe than his retiring…

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