Birds of the world
Subtitle: a popular account.
By: With a chapter on the anatomy of birds, by Frederic A. Lucas; the whole edited by Robert Ridgway.
Contributors: Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929, ed.; Lucas, Frederic A. 1852-1929.
Series: American nature series. Group 1. Natural history
Publisher: Holt
Published: 1909
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 873
Subjects: Birds.
Description: "Set forth in non-technical language the salient facts regarding the birds of the world ... Every family has been reviewed ... The treatment of the so-called game birds, both aquatic and non-aquatic, has purposely been made very full ... Main attention has been given to the birds as they appear in their homes--that is, their plumage, habits, songs; nests and eggs, food, etc."--Preface. 233 illustrations--color and black & white photographs, line drawings. Indexed.