
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. 
SoutH CENTRAL WING 
BIRD GROUPS 
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 
immediate direction of Frank M. Chapman, curator of ornithclogy, 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; 
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