Leading ORNITHOLOGISTS combined their tal- 
ents to create this superb book. Its 400 color-filled pages will 
have you polishing up the binoculars and planning field trips, 
even if you aren’t already a dedicated birdwatcher. 
In this authoritative National Geographic volume, you 
will see 327 species of North America’s birds — how they live 
— what they eat — where they can be found. Learn which 
birds can be attracted to your home . . . and how to attract 
them. Marvel at the tremendous diversity and amazing 
specialization among feathered creatures. 
Everyone in your family will thoroughly enjoy this book. 
Years from now, they’ll still be reading it. Listening to it, too, 
for a wonderful album of bird song recordings comes with 
the book. It adds a new dimension to the lucid text and 
bright pictures. (You’ll find more about that record album 
on the back of this folder. ) 
An order card is enclosed. Use it now, and count on 
owning a First Edition. 
CONTENTS 
The Way of a Bird . . . Identifying 
Birds . . . Courtship and Nesting 
Behavior . . . Birds in your Garden 
■ . . Hummingbirds . . . Kingfishers 
. . . Coppery tailed Trogons . . . 
Woodpeckers . . . Becards . . . 
Tyrant Flycatchers . . . Larks 
. . . Swallows . . . Jays . . . Magpies 
. . . Crows . . . Titmice . . . Verdins 
. . . Bushtits . . . Nuthatches . . . 
Wrentits . . . Brown Creepers . . . 
Dippers . . . Wrens . . . Mockingbirds 
. . . Thrashers . . . Thrushes . . . 
Gnatcatchers . . . Kinglets . . . 
Wagtails . . . Pipits . . . Waxwings 
. . . Silky Flycatchers . . . Shrikes 
. . . Starlings . . . Vireos . . . Wood 
Warblers . . . House Sparrows . . . 
Meadowlarks . . . Blackbirds . . . 
Orioles . . . Tanagers . . . Cardinals 
. . . Grosbeaks . . . Finches . . . 
Sparrows . . . Buntings . . . 
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509 coloi photographs and paintings 
11 
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Blackbird 
Summer 
Tanager 
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