American Birds
by William Lovell Finley
Publisher: Charles Scribners' Sons 1907
ISBN/ASIN: B001KS8SAK
Description:
This is a wonderful book, covering Kingfishers, Hummingbirds, Crows, Sparrows, Orioles, Sea Gulls, and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs taken in the wild. Nice photos also of the photographers in action - 50 feet in the air with the old-style bellows cameras the size of suitcases.
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