A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico
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ISBN: 061813218X / Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, January 1990
Featuring the unique Peterson Identification System, a guide to more than 1,000 birds from 700 species, including summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data on easy-to-read maps.
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Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. . This guide to birds of North America west of the Great Plains begins with a chapter describing how to identify birds, then presents beautifully rendered color paintings showing some 1,000 birds from 700 species. Arrows are used to identify field markings which are important for identification. In this edition the brief species accounts accompany corresponding illustrations, rather than being grouped in a separate section; also new are 441 three-color range maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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