HERE ARE 2 BOOKS ABOUT BIRD NESTS AND EGGS:
#1 KEY TO THE NESTS
of the
Common Summer-Resident Birds
of
Northeastern North America
By Arthur A. Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Published by The Slingerland-Comstock Co., Ithaca, NY, 1925
Stapled softcover near very good condition
From the General Ornithology Laboratory Notebook
CONTENTS:
Key to the Nests
I. On the ground or in tussocks of grass
II. In burrows in the ground
III. Hanging or semipensile nests
IV. In holes in trees or in bird-boxes
V. Containing sicks or large twigs
VI. Felted nests of cottony materials
VII. Containing layer of mud
VIII. With an outer covering of lichens; saddled on branch
IX. Mostly of bark, fibers, and rootlets, with or without horsehair lining
X. Mostly of grasses, rootlets, straws, and leaves; usually with horsehair in the lining, and not spherical
XI. Spherical nets of grasses, bark, or fibers.
The nests are illustrated with black & white photographs.
#2 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS
Chester A. Reed
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, NY, 1904, First Printing
Hardcover with printed front board, ex-lib, University of California, still nice condition, no dust jackte, as issued
Illustrating the eggs of nearly every species of North American birds.
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