Birds in our lives Alfred Stefferud, editor ; Arnold L. Nelson, managing editor ; Bob Hines, artist

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.

Contributor:

Stefferud, Alfred.

Nelson, Arnold L.

Hines, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds.

Physical Description:

xiii, 561 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1966.

Contents:

What are birds for? / Roger Tory Peterson

Masters of the air / Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr.

Birds and science / E. Mayr

Birds and fine arts / John Kieran

Tales once told / Will Barker

Birds in the Bible / Edward A. Sherman

Birds and words / William Morris

A covey of names / Walter W. Ristow

Birds on stamps / Willard F. Stanley

Birds on coins / Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli

Birds and commercial arts / Rex Gary Schmidt

The nation's symbol / Tom Evans

Symbols of states / Shirley A. Briggs

Hunting is a positive thing / Joseph P. Linduska

To see ; to record / Allan D. Cruickshank

How to attract birds / Winston E. Banko

The Christmas count / Chandler S. Robbins

Falconry / Alva G. Nye, Jr.

Game and ornamental fowl / Jack M. Kiracofe

Birds in the home / Barbara M. Vayo

Sunday at the zoo / William G. Conway

Raptors / John J. Craighead and Frank C. Craighead, Jr.

Housekeepers / Kenneth E. Stager

Some birds like fish / Joseph E. King and Robert L. Pyle

Birds and bugs / Philip B. Dowden and Robert T. Mitchell

To fly like a bird / Clarence D. Cone, Jr.

Where do they go? / Allen J. Duvall

Long, long ago / Henry B. Collins

Birds and our health / Carlton M. Herman

Birds kept for food / William E. Shaklee

Pigeons and doves / W.F. Hollander

Birds and pesticides / Joseph J. Hickey

Hunting versus vandalism / Durward L. Allen

The newcomers / Gardiner Bump and Chandler S. Robbins

We are warned / Raymond E. Johnson

Deathtraps in the flyways / John Vosburgh

Mark what you leave / Roland C. Clement

Birds at airports / William H. Drury, Jr.

Wires, poles, and birds / Allen H. Benton and Lewis E. Dickinson

Farmers and birds / John L. George

Birds and forests / Fred H. Dale and Laurits W. Krefting

Amid brick and asphalt / Irston R. Barnes

A conservationist's view / Clarence Cottam

The legal basis / Lansing A. Parker

Scaring makes a difference / Cecil S. Williams and Johnson A. Neff

To kill a bird / Walter W. Dykstra

An ounce of prevention / John L. Buckley and Clarence Cottam

We need to know / C. Edward Carlson

Laws that protect / Ernest Swift and Charles H. Lawrence

Men and an idea / Carl Buchheister

Before it is too late / John W. Aldrich

Refuges and sanctuaries / Philip A. DuMont

A look ahead / Ira N. Gabrielson

We, the people / John S. Gottschalk.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

555904