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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 25, 2020

Field ornithology. Comprising a manual of instruction for procuring, preparing and preserving birds and a check list of North American birds.

Publication Details

Salem, MA: Naturalists' Agency, 1874 CE.

This work incorporated Coues' A check list of North American birds (1873). Coues had the check list portion of this work printed with the versos blank so that users could enter in their own information. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11789
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13991
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
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