Portal:Birds

• Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (5 volumes, 1831–)
• "Our Birds, and Their Ways" in The Atlantic Monthly, 1 (2) (December, 1857), pp. 209–216
• "The Biography of a Bird" in Popular Science Monthly, 7 (July 1875)
• "An Interesting Bird" in Popular Science Monthly, 8 (April 1876)
• "Certain Phases of Bird-Life" in Popular Science Monthly, 9 (July 1876)
• "Notes on a Few of our Birds" by Harry Merrill in Popular Science Monthly, 17 (July 1880)
• "Jurassic Birds and their Allies" by Othniel Charles Marsh in Popular Science Monthly, 20 (January 1882)
• "Land-Birds in Mid-Ocean" by George W. Grim in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (December 1883)
• "The Ancestry of Birds" by Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (March 1884)
• "Insect Fertilization of Flowers" in Popular Science Monthly, 27 (September 1885)
• "The Wings of Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (December 1886)
• "Birds and their Daily Bread" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (March 1887)
• "Take Care of the Birds!" in Popular Science Monthly, 39 (September 1891)
• "Birds of the Grass Lands" in Popular Science Monthly, 42 (February 1893)
• "Some of the Outliers Among Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 46 (April 1895)
• "Study of Birds Out-Of-Doors" in Popular Science Monthly, 47 (September 1895)
• Papers presented to the World's Congress on Ornithology (1896)
• Birds Illustrated by Color Photography Vol. III. No. 4. (1898)
• Birds Illustrated by Color Photography Vol. III. No. 5. (1898)
• Birds Illustrated by Color Photography Vol. III. No. 6.
• "True Tales of Birds and Beasts" in Popular Science Monthly, 54 (January 1899)
• "Winter Birds in a City Park" in Popular Science Monthly, 56 (January 1900)
• "Birds as Flying Machines" by Frederic Augustus Lucas in Popular Science Monthly, 57 (September 1900)
• "The Wild Bird at Arm's Length: A New Method of Bird Study" in Popular Science Monthly, 59 (June 1901)
• "The Significance of the Condition of Young Birds at Birth" in Popular Science Monthly, 62 (December 1902)
• The Bird Book (1915)
• 'Friends of Our Forests' by Henry W. Henshaw, as it appeared in National Geographic Magazine (April, 1917)
• Essays on Early Ornithology and Kindred Subjects by James Roxburgh McClymont (1920)

• "Instinct in Young Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (March 1873)
• "Aesthetic Feeling in Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 17 (September 1880)
• "Why Birds Sing" in Popular Science Monthly, 26 (February 1885)
• "The Social Life of Arctic Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (December 1885)
• "Bird Courts of Justice" in Popular Science Monthly, 33 (October 1888)
• "Birds' Judgements of Men" in Popular Science Monthly, 44 (November 1893)
• "The Birds at Dinner" in Popular Science Monthly, 49 (July 1896)

• "The Intellectual Powers of Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (September 1873)
• "Plasticity of Instinct" in Popular Science Monthly, 8 (February 1876)
• "Instinct and Intelligence in Birds I" in Popular Science Monthly, 76 (June 1910)
• "Instinct and Intelligence in Birds II" in Popular Science Monthly, 77 (July 1910)
• "Instinct and Intelligence in Birds III" in Popular Science Monthly, 77 (August 1910)

• "The Migration of Inland Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 7 (June 1875)
• "Bird-Migration" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (April 1887)
• "The Nocturnal Migration of Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 45 (August 1894)
• "The Migration of Hirundo Rustica to South Africa", by Emil Holub in Papers presented to the World's Congress on Ornithology (1896)
• "The Journeyings of Birds" by Frank Hall Knowlton in Popular Science Monthly, 60 (February 1902)
• "On the Origin of the Flocking Habit of Migratory Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 84 (March 1914)

• "Do Birds Improve in Nest-Building?" in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (February 1873)
• "A Short Study of Birds'-Nests" in Popular Science Monthly, 6 (February 1875)
• "Nidification," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• The Auk (1884–present), published by the American Ornithologists' Union IA
• The Condor (1899–present), published by the Cooper Ornithological Club
• The Ibis (1859–present)
• Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900–70)
• Stray feathers: A Journal of Ornithology for India and its dependencies (1873 onwards)

• "A Feather" by William Keith Brooks in Popular Science Monthly, 4 (April 1874)
• "Natural Trumpet of the Crane" by Francis Trevelyan Buckland in Popular Science Monthly, 9 (June 1876)
• "Birds with Teeth" by Otto Meyer in Popular Science Monthly, 36 (January 1890)

• John James Audubon
• "White, Gilbert," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Newton, Alfred," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• Allan Octavian Hume - Editor of Stray feathers: A Journal of Ornithology of India and its dependencies (1872 onwards)

• "Bacteriology and Parasitology in Relation to Avian Diseases" by George Edward Gage in Popular Science Monthly, 77 (August 1910)

• Gould's Birds of New Guinea
• Pacific Coast Avifauna
• "The Social Life of Arctic Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (December 1885)
• "The Physical Geography of the West Indies: Birds II" by Felix Leopold Oswald in Popular Science Monthly, 55 (May 1899)
• "The Birds of the Adirondacks" by George Chahoon in Popular Science Monthly, 57 (May 1900)
• "The Bird Rookeries on the Island of Laysan" by Charles Cleveland Nutting in Popular Science Monthly, 63 (August 1903)
• "Bird Photography in Norway" in Popular Science Monthly, 68 (May 1906)
• "Egyptian Birds and Animals" in Littell's Living Age, 128 (1650) as it appeared in Littell's Living Age
• A Guide to the Birds of the Pacific Coast

Sorted by order (with broad example).

• "Duck," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Eider (duck)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Gadwall," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Morillon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Scaup," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

• "Humming-Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 5 (July 1874)
• "The Humming Birds of Chocorua" in Popular Science Monthly, 45 (September 1894)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

• Outline Plate: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Swifts (Apodidae)

• "Swift," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

• "Up the Chimney" by Frank Bolles in Popular Science Monthly, 45 (May 1894)
• "Chimney-Swift," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• Outline Plate: Chimney Swift, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

• "Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Species of Apteryx living in New Zealand" by Philip Lutley Sclater, with Ferdinand von Hochstetter in Natural History Review, Series 2, 1 (4) (1861), pp. 504–507
• "Apteryx," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)

• "Night Hawks and Whip-Poor-Wills" in Popular Science Monthly, 44 (January 1894)
• "Nighthawk," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• "The Home of the Great Auk" by Frederic Augustus Lucas in Popular Science Monthly, 33 (August 1888)
• "Pacific Coast Gulls" in Popular Science Monthly, 52 (December 1897)
• "Auk," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Auk," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
• "Greenshank," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Guillemot," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Noddy," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Razorbill," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Redshank," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Skimmer," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Skua," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Jabiru," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "The Method of Homing Pigeons" in Popular Science Monthly, 44 (April 1894)
• "Evolution of the Carrier Pigeon" in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (January 1897)
• The Passenger Pigeon, 1907 edited by William Butts Mershon
• "Dodo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Dodo," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Pigeon," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• "Hornbill," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Motmot," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Kingfisher," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• "A Feathered Parasite" by Leander S. Keyser in Popular Science Monthly, 55 (October 1899)

• "The Gigantic Moa-Bird" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (November 1877)
• "The Giant Birds of New Zealand" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (March 1887)
• "Wingless Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 56 (December 1899)

• "Hunting with Birds of Prey" in Popular Science Monthly, 47 (October 1895)
• "The Hawks of New England" by William Everett Cram in Popular Science Monthly, 51 (September 1897)
• "Bunting (bird)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Bustard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Buzzard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Eagle," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Harpy," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Kite," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Buzzard," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Eagle," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Vulture," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• Leg Disorders in Broiler Chickens: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Prevention
• Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
• The Grouse in Health and in Disease
• "Quail," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• "Diver," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Birds-of-Paradise" in Popular Science Monthly, 5 (September 1874)

Passerida

Passeroidea

Sparrows (Passeridae)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

• The English Sparrow in America by Elliott Coues (1885)
• On the Misdeeds of the House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 1887 by John Henry Gurney Jr.
• "Sparrow," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• Outline Plate: English Sparrow, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Icterids (Icteridae)

Orioles

• "Oriole," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Icterus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

• Outline Plate: Baltimore Oriole, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Redwing Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

• Outline Plate: Redwing Blackbird, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

• Outline Plate: Meadowlark, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Fringillidae

Goldfinch (Fringilla carduelis)

• On a Goldfinch Starved to Death in his Cage by William Cowper (1731–1800).
• "Goldfinch," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

• American Goldfinch, Ornithological Biography, Volume 1, 1831
• American Goldfinch in Birdcraft, (1895)
• "Yellow Bird," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• Outline Plate: Goldfinch, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

American Sparrows (Passerellidae)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

• Outline Plate: Junco, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

• Outline Plate: Chipping Sparrow, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

• Outline Plate: Tree Sparrow, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

• Outline Plate: Song Sparrow, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

• Plate XLIV of Vesper Sparrow for Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds, 1897.

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

• "Whitethroat," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Thrushes (Turdidae)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

• "The American Robin and his Congeners" by Spencer Trotter in Popular Science Monthly, 33 (May 1888)
• Outline Plate: Robin, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

• Outline Plate: Bluebird, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Starlings (Sturnidae)

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

• Outline Plate: Starling, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

• Mention of nuthatches, Early Spring in Massachusetts (1881), Henry David Thoreau
• Boulder, Colorado, March 23, 1909, Field Notes of Junius Henderson, Notebook 3.
• "Nuthatch," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nuthatch," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

• The Red-bellied Nuthatch, Ornithological Biography, Volume 2 (MDCCCXXXIV)
• Red-breasted Nuthatch in Birdcraft (1895)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

• Outline Plate: White-breasted Nuthatch, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Old World Warblers (Sylvioidea)

Martins & Swallows (Hirundinidae)

• "Martin," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Martin," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• Outline Plate: Martins & Swallows, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Tits (Paridae)

Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

• The Titmouse in May-day and other pieces (1867)
• Chickadee from Birdcraft, (1895)
• The Titmouse in Poems (Household Edition, 1904)
• "Titmouse," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Titmouse," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• Outline Plate: Chick-a-dee, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Crests and Kinglets (Regulidae)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

• Outline Plate: Golden-crowned Kinglet, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

• "Our Southern Mocker" by I. W. Blake in Popular Science Monthly, 49 (June 1896)
• "The King of the Woods" by Norman Robinson in Popular Science Monthly, 52 (January 1898)
• "The Coming of the Catbird" by Spencer Trotter in Popular Science Monthly, 54 (April 1899)
• "Canary," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Fieldfare," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Tyrant Flycatchers, (Tyrannidae)

• "Flycatcher," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

• "Kingbird," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Phœbe (Sayornis phoebe)

• Outline Plate: Phœbe, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Eastern Wood Peewee (Contopus virens)

Scarlet Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)

• "Greenfinch," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Jackdaw," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Jackdaw," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Crows, Jays and Magpies (Corvidae)

• "A Flock of Mythological Crows" by W. H. Gardner in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (November 1880)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

• "Crow," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata)

• "Jay," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• Outline Plate: Bluejay, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

• "Kinglets," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Linnet," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Lyre-bird," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Nightingale," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Nightingale," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nutcracker," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Orthonyx," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Ortolan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Pipit," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Raven," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Rook," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Siskin," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Starling," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Tailor-Bird," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Titlark," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Brown Trasher (Toxostoma rufum)

• "Wagtail," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Wren (Troglodytidae)

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

• Outline Plate: House Wren, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

• "Yellow Bird," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Zosterops," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Pelican," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
• "Shoe-bill," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Tropic-bird," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Flamingoes at Home" by Henry Arthur Blake in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (March 1888)

• "Woodpeckers and their Ways" by William Everett Cram in Popular Science Monthly, 53 (July 1898)
• "Jacamar," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Dryobates pubescens|Dryobates pubescens

• Outline Plate: Downy Woodpecker, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

• "The Story of the Cahow" in Popular Science Monthly, 60 (November 1901)
• "Shearwater," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Love-bird," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nestor (parrot)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• "Our American Owls" in Popular Science Monthly, 11 (June 1877)
• "Ways of the Owl" by Frank Bolles in Popular Science Monthly, 41 (July 1892)

True Owls (Strigidae)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

• Outline Plate: Screech Owl, “to be used with THE DRAWING MASTER EQUIPMENT,” Manual of Bird Study Accompaniment, 1927

• "Life on an Ostrich Farm" in Popular Science Monthly, 39 (October 1891)
• "Cassowary," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

• "Frigate-bird," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Gannet," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

• Call number QL671 on the Online Books Page