Handbook of North American birds
By: edited by Ralph S. Palmer.
Contributors: Palmer, Ralph S. 1914-2003; American Ornithologists' Union; New York State Museum and Science Service
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Subjects: Birds -- North America.; Waterfowl -- North America.
Notes: "Sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union and New York State Museum and Science Service."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Loons through flamingos.; title: v. 2. Waterfowl (first part): whistling ducks, swans, geese, sheld-ducks, dabbling ducks.; title: v. 3. Waterfowl (concluded): eiders, wood ducks, diving ducks, mergansers, stifftails.; title: v. 4. Diurnal raptors (Part 1).; title: v. 5. Diurnal raptors (Part 2).