APPENDIX 815 



Bishop, S. C: Handbook of Salamanders of the United States, Canada and Lower 

 California. Ithaca, N. Y., Comstock Publishing Co., 1943. Original observations, 

 well illustrated. The only book on the subject. 



DiCKERSON, M. C: The Frog Book. New York, Doubleday, Page and Co., 1920. An 

 excellent book which has' had a great career of use and is owned in personal, school 

 and general libraries. 



Holmes, S. J.: The Biology of the Frog, 4th ed. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1927. A 

 standard college text. 



Noble, G. K.: The Biology of the Amphibia. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1931. 

 An advanced reference; structure, function, life histories and classification. 



RuGH, Roberts: The Frog: Its Reproduction and Development. Philadelphia, The 

 Blakiston Co., 1951. An embryology which contains a chapter on the reproductive 

 system of the adult frog. An advanced reference, finely illustrated. 



Wright, A. H., and A. A. Wright: Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States 

 and Canada. Ithaca, N. Y., Comstock Publishing Co., 1949. The standard modern 

 work on the ecology, identification, and classification of frogs and toads. It contains 

 an abundance of original observations and excellent photographs. 



35. Reptiles — First Land Vertebrates 



Colbert, E. H.: The Dinosaur Book. New York, American Museum of Natural History, 

 1945. Fully illustrated by J. C. Germann and previously published drawings by 

 C. R. Knight. An untechnical account based largely on fossils, with photographs 

 of paintings in the American Museum, and including a reading list and glossary. 



DiTMARS, R. L.: Reptiles of the World. New York, The Macmillan Co. 



DiTMARS, R. L.: The Reptiles of North America, rev. ed. New York, Doubleday, Doran 

 and Co., 1936. Firsthand observations of reptiles at the New York Zoological Park 

 where the author was curator of reptiles; 400 photographs from life. 



Pope, C. H.: Snakes Alive and How They Live. New York, The Viking Press, 1937. 

 Excellent photographs; an ecological viewpoint; one chapter on snake venoms. 



Pope, C. H.: Turtles of the United States and Canada. New York, A. A. Knopf, Inc., 



1939. Both of the foregoing books by Pope are useful and interesting references 



for general readers. 

 RoMER, A. S.: Man and the Vertebrates, 3rd ed. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 



1941. From the standpoint of evolution with a good allowance for reptiles. Fully 



illustrated. 

 RoMER, A. S.: Vertebrate Paleontology, 2nd ed. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 



1945. 

 Schmidt, K. P., and D. D. Davis: Fieldbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. 



New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. 



Smith, H. M.: Handbook of Lizards of the United States and Canada. Ithaca, N. Y., 

 Comstock Publishing Co., 1946. 



Sharp, Dallas Lore: "Turtle Eggs for Agassiz," Atlantic Monthly, 150:537-545 (1932). 

 A classic account of a hunt for incubating turtle eggs for Agassiz's work on the 

 embryology of the turtle. First published, Atlantic Monthly, February, 1910. 



36. Birds — Conquest of the Air 



Allen, A. A.: Stalking Birds with Color Camera. Washington, D. C, National Geo- 

 graphic Society, 1951. A magnificent collection of color photographs and descrip- 

 tions by an outstanding authority. 



Allen, G. M.: Birds and Their Attributes. Boston, Marshall Jones, 1925. One of the 

 best non-technical books on the general biology of birds. Chapters deal with charac- 

 teristic structures; food; ecological relations; eggs and nests; parasitic habit; senses 

 and behavior; flight and migration. Recommended for any student of bird life. 



Aymar, Gordon: Bird Flight. New York, Dodd Mead & Co., 1935. A collection of 200 

 photographs. 



Barton, R.: How to Watch Birds. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1954. Interesting 

 tips by a noted amateur ornithologist. 



