DUCK HAWK ON PALISADES OF THE HUDSON 



Realism and artistic effect have been achieved in the "Habitat Bird Groups," and they 

 present vividly many stories of adaptation to environment. 



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Here are the "Habitat Groups" of North American Birds. This 

 unique series of groups shows the habits of some typical American birds 

 in their natural haunts. The groups have been prepared under the 

 immechate direction of Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Ornithology, who 

 collected most of the specimens and made practically all of the field 

 studies necessary for their reproduction. In the course of this collecting, 

 he traveled more than 60,000 miles. The backgrounds are reproductions 

 of specific localities, painted from sketches made by the artist who 

 usually accompanied the naturalists when the field studies for the groups 

 were made. Practically all sections of the country are represented, thus 

 the series not only depicts characteristic bird life of North America but 

 characteristic American scenery as well. The backgrounds of the groups 

 were painted by Bruce Horsfall, Charles J. Hittell, J. Hobart Nichols, 

 Carl Rungius, W. B. Cox and Louis A. Fuertes. The foliage and flowers 



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