Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-Fowls / by Neltje Blanchan author of "Bird Neighbors" with introduction by G. O. Shields (Coquina) with many photographic illustrations in color and in black and white.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918.

Contributor:

Shields, G. O. (George O.), 1846-1925, writer of introduction.

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Nature library ; v. 2.

The Nature library ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xiii, [1], 359, [3] pages, [48] leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

The Nature Library. Game Birds

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905.

Contents:

Part I. Water Birds. Diving Birds; Long-winged Swimmers; Tube-nosed Swimmers; Fully Webbed Swimmers; Plate-billed Swimmers

Part II. Wading Birds. Herons and their Allies; Marsh Birds; Shore Birds

Part III. Gallinaceous Game Birds. Colombine Birds

Part IV. Birds of Prey.

Notes:

Added title-page illustrated.

First edition published 1898 by Doubleday & McClure Company.

Plates by A. W. Mumford, Chicago.

Neltje Blanchan was the pseudonym used by Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday.

Includes index.

Beige buckram cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has front board almost completely disbound from text.

OCLC:

1518095