The book of birds
Subtitle: birds of town and country, the warblers, and American game birds
By: with 331 color portraits of North American birds and 129 illustrations in black and white.
Contributors: Henshaw, Henry Wetherbee, 1850-1930.; Shiras, George, 1859-1942.; Kennard, Frederic Hedge, 1865-; Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916.; Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934.; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927.
Publisher: the National Geographic Society
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Birds
Notes: " Color plates from paintings from life by Louis Agassiz Fuertes."

"Articles published in the National Geographic magazine  during the last thirteen years."- Forward.

"Revised new edition."
Table of contents: title: Foreword, by G. Grosvenor.; title: Common birds of town and country, by H. W. Henshaw.; title: Friends of our forests; title: the warblers, by H. W. Henshaw.; title: The world record for feathered friends.; title: How birds can take their own portraits, by G. Shiras, 3rd.; title: The game birds of North America, by H. W. Henshaw.; title: Encouraging birds around the home, by F. H. Kennard.; title: Our greatest travelers; title: migratory birds, by W. W. Cooke.; title: Bird banding, the telltale of migratory flight, by E. W. Nelson.