A Field Guide to the Birds: Eastern and Central North America

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999 - Fiction - 289 pages
An easy-to-use, large print edition of the classic, best-selling field guide from Peterson Field Guides



For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Now the guide is reissued in a larger format specially produced for those who don't want to take their reading glasses into the field. Peterson's treasured illustrations have been reproduced in beautiful color, species descriptions include only the most important identification elements--size, voice, and habitat--and color range maps, conveniently located next to the species accounts, have been updated specifically for this book.



For more than 85 years, Peterson Field Guides have set the standard by which other field guides are measured. Comprehensive and authoritative, they are essential additions to any naturalist's bookshelf or backpack.
 

Contents

Map of Area Covered by This Book inside front cover
1
DUCKS DUCKLIKE
10
SEABIRDS GULLS ETC AERIALISTS 5277
52
LONGLEGGED WADING BIRDS
72
7889
78
FOWLLIKE BIRDS
84
90121
90
Meleagrididae
122
BIRDS OF PREY
128
NONPASSERINE LAND BIRDS
150
156171
156
PASSERINE PERCHING BIRDS 172267
172
Life List
268
Index
275
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ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.

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