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The book of cage birds.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1842 Hirst
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirst, Henry B. (Henry Beck), 1817-1874.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cage birds.
- Physical Description:
- 282 p. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Bernard Duke, 1842.
- Contents:
- Book I
- Granivorous birds-order granivore.
- Division 1
- Foreign birds. Part I
- Finches-Fringillae
- Part II
- Larks-Alaudae
- Part III
- Bull-finches-Pyrrhulae. Division II
- Native Birds. Part I
- Tanagers-Tanagrae
- Cardinal birds-Cardinali
- Part IV
- Grosbeaks-Coccothraustes
- Part V
- Purple Finches-Erythrospizae. Book II
- Omnivorous birds- Omnivores
- Division I
- Foreign birds
- Part I
- Starlings-Sturni
- Orioles-Icterii
- Crows-Corvi
- Jays-Garruli
- Division II
- Native Birds
- American Starlings-Sturnellae
- Troupials-Icterii
- Rice birds-dolichonices
- Crows-corvi
- Magpies-Picae
- Part VI
- Jays-Garrul. Book III
- Insectivorous bird-insectivores
- Thrushes-Turdi
- Warblers-Sylvia
- Part III Nightingales-Currucae
- Native birds
- Mocking-thrushes-Mimi
- True thrushes-turdi
- Blue bird-sialiae.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Breck bequest; newspaper clipping tipped in, with ms. note.
- OCLC:
- 1834112
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