Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows, and Titmice: Order Passeriformes

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office. Near Fine. 1946. Softcover. Original wraps. xii, 495 pages. 68 Plates. Index. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 191. "The present volume includes two families, the Covidae (ravens, crows, jays, magpies) and the Paridae (titmice, chickadees, verdins, bushtits). To those not acquainted with the series, each species of bird receives an account that includes all the known and available information on its nesting, eggs, young, plumage, food, behavior, voice, field marks, enemies, and distribution. In the treatment of geographic races, "and attempt has been made to give as full a life history as possible of the best known subspecies of each species and to avoid duplication by writing briefly of the others and giving only the characters of the subspecies, its range, and any habits peculiar to it." Henri C Seibert. Journals University of Chicago. S; 8vo .