Cruickshank, Allan D. Birds Around New York City. New York: American Museum of National History, 1942.
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. A Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.
———, ed. The Bird Watcher’s America. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1965.
Blachly, Lew, and Jenks, Randolph. Naming the Birds at a Glance. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to the Birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947.
Pough, Richard H. Audubon Bird Guide. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1949.
———. Audubon Water Bird Guide. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1956.
Robbins, Chandler S., Bruun, Bertel, and Zim, Herbert S. Birds of North America. New York: Golden Press, 1966.
Barton, Roger. How to Watch Birds. New York: Bonanza Books, 1959.
Fisher, James. Watching Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 1951.
Hickey, Joseph J. A Guide to Bird Watching. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Books, 1953.
Davidson, V. E. Attracting Birds: From the Prairies to the Atlantic. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1967.
Lemmon, Robert S. How to Attract Birds. New York: American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Co., 1948.
McElroy, Thomas P., Jr. The New Handbook of Attracting Birds. 2nd ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
Petit, Ted S. Birds in Your Back Yard. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949
Terres, John K. Songbirds in Your Garden. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1968.
Mathews, F. Schuyler. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921.
Saunders, Aretas A. A Guide to Bird Songs. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951.
Headstrom, Richard. Birds’ Nests: A Field Guide. New York: Ives Washburn, 1949.
Berger, Andrew J. Bird Study. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1961.
Dorst, Jean. The Migration of Birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1963.
Fisher, James, and Peterson, Roger Tory. The World of Birds. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1964.
Peterson, Roger Tory. The Birds. New York: Time-Life Books, 1970.
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. Ornithology in Laboratory and Field. 4th ed. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Co., 1970.
Stefferud, Alfred, and Nelson, Arnold L. Birds in Our Lives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966.
Van Tyne, Josselyn, and Berger, Andrew J. Fundamentals of Ornithology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
Welty, Joel Carl. The Life of Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.
Wing, Leonard W. Natural History of Birds. New York: Ronald Press Co., 1956.
Bent, Arthur Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Birds. 26 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1919–68.
Amos, W. H. The Life of the Pond. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1967.
Berril, N. J. The Living Tide. New York: Fawcett Publications, 1956.
Buchsbaum, Ralph and Mildred. Basic Ecology. Pittsburgh: Boxwood Press, 1957.
Carson, Rachel. The Edge of the Sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1955.
Dice, Lee R. Natural Communities. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1952.
Farb, Peter. Face of North America: The Natural History of a Continent. New York: Harper and Row, 1963.
Hylander, C. J. Wildlife Communities: From the Tundra to the Tropics in North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1966.
Macan, Thomas. Freshwater Ecology. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1963.
McCormick, Jack. The Life of the Forest. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1966.
———. The Living Forest. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959.
Miner, Roy Waldo. Field Book of Seashore Life. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1950.
Neal, Ernest. Woodland Ecology. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958.
Niering, William A. The Life of the Marsh. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1966.
Reid, George K. Ecology of Inland Waters and Estuaries. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961.
Shelford, V. E. The Ecology of North America. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963.
Usinger, R. L. The Life of Rivers and Streams. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1967.
CORNELL LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY, The Sounds of Nature Series. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.1
A Field Guide to Bird Songs. An album of two records. $10.95.
These two records contain the calls of more than 300 species and are designed to accompany, page by page, Roger Tory Peterson’s A Field Guide to the Birds.
American Bird Songs. Volume 1. $7.75.
Presents the songs of 60 of North America’s most familiar birds. Divided into bands as follows: Birds of the North Woods, Birds of Northern Gardens and Shade Trees, Birds of Fields and Prairies, and American Game Birds.
American Bird Songs. Volume II. $7.75.
Presents the songs of 51 species, all different from those in Volume I. Divided into bands as follows: Some Familiar Birds of Gardens and Shade Trees, Some Familiar Birds of the Roadside, Some Birds of the Lakes and Marshes, More Birds of the Marshes, and Some North American Warblers.
Bird Songs in Your Garden. Record and spiral-bound album with full-color photographs. $6.95.
The record presents the songs of 25 of America’s best-loved garden birds. The informative text is illustrated with 53 photographs, of which 31 are in full color.
Dawn in a Duckblind. Record and spiral-bound album with full-color photographs. $6.95.
A recording of the calls of North American waterfowl as they would be heard from a typical duckblind at daybreak on a marshy lake or bay in eastern United States.
Songbirds of America. Record and spiral-bound album with full-color photographs. $6.95.
This album contains the recordings of songs and the full-color photographs of 24 common birds. The commentary on the record takes the listener on an imaginary field trip.
FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS, The Sounds of Nature Series. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
Finches. $5.95
Approximately 400 songs from 43 species of the finch and sparrow families of eastern and central North America.
Songs of Spring. $5.95.
Presents the songs of 25 of the most common songbirds of the northeastern United States and Canada.
Thrushes, Wrens, and Mockingbirds. $5.95.
The songs of three bird families of eastern North America renowned for their singing prowess.
Warblers. $5.95.
Presenting more than 400 songs from 150 birds of the 38 species of warblers of eastern North America.
FICKER RECORDS, Old Greenwich, Conn.
Bird Songs of Dooryard, Field, and Forest. Volume I. $7.95.
Contains 135 songs and calls of 49 species of birds from the Great Plains to the Atlantic.
Bird Songs of Dooryard, Field, and Forest. Volume II. $7.95.
Contains 140 songs and calls of 58 species of birds from the Great Plains to the Atlantic.
Bird Songs of Dooryard, Field and Forest. Volume III. $7.95.
Contains 220 songs and calls of 68 species of birds from the Great Plains to the Pacific.
National Network of American Bird Songs. $19.95.
Volumes I, II, and III as described above.
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Aims to advance ornithological science through its publications, annual meetings, committees, and membership. Publication: The Auk (quarterly).
COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Avian Biology Laboratory, San Jose State College, San Jose, Calif. 95114. Observation and cooperative study of birds; the spread of interest in bird study; the conservation of birds and wildlife in general; the publication of ornithological knowledge. Publication: The Condor (quarterly).
LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. A world center for the study and cultural appreciation of birds. Publications: The Living Bird (annual), Newsletter (quarterly). Also books, phonograph records, record albums, and cassettes.
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, 950 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. For the conservation and appreciation of wildlife and wilderness, natural resources and natural beauty. Publications: Audubon (bimonthly), sent to all members; American Birds (bimonthly), summarizing the status, movements, and distribution of North American birds; and Audubon Nature Bulletins, for teachers and youth leaders.
NORTHEASTERN BIRD-BANDING ASSOCIATION, James Baird, President, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, Mass. 01773. The advancement of ornithology through the banding of birds. Publications: EBBA News (issued 6 times a year), Bird-banding (quarterly).
WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Division of Birds, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104. The advancement of ornithological knowledge through publications, meetings, and activities. Publication: The Wilson Bulle-lin (quarterly).
Binoculars and How to Choose Them, Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. 14602. (12 pp.) Free.
Binoculars and Scopes, by Robert J. and Elsa Reichert. Published by Chilton Co. Available through Mirakel Optical Co., Inc., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10550. (128 pp.) $2.00.
How to Select, Enjoy, and Care for the Right Binocular, Swift Instruments, Inc., Boston, Mass. 02125. (12 pp.) Free.
How to Select the Right Binocular, Carl Zeiss, Inc., New York, N.Y. 10018. (10 pp.) Free.
How to Use Your New Spacemaster Telephoto Unit, D. P. Bushnell & Co., Inc., Pasadena, Calif. 91107. (6 pp.) Free.
Know Your Binoculars, by Robert J. and Elsa Reichert, Audubon Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb., 1951). Reprints available from Mirakel Optical Co., Inc., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10550. Ten cents each, 20 for $1.00.
1 All records listed within this section are 33 1/3 rpm.