

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 



hall also contains small groups showing the nesting habits of a number of 

 our common birds, among them the phalarope, oriole, flycatcher, robin, 

 tanager, vireo and quail. 



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 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 

 tlian 60,000 miles. The backgrounds are reproductions of specific locali- 

 ties, painted from sketches made by the artist who usually accompanied 

 the naturalist 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 



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