Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. Original green cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Pictorial paste-down on front cover. Illustrated w/ 48 BEAUTIFUL illustrations in color. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: This is one of The Nature Library series. Includes Preface; What Birds Do for Us; The Thrush Family (Bluebird; Robin; Wood Thrush; Veery; Some Neighborly Acrobats: Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet; Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted Nuthatch; Red-breasted Nuthatch; A Family group of Lively Singers: Marsh Wren; House Wren; Carolina Wren; Brown Thrasher; Catbird; Mocking-bird; The Warblers: Redstart; Yellow-breasted Chat; Maryland Yellow-throat; Oven-bird; Blackburnian Warbler; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Myrtle warbler; Yellow Warbler; Black and White Creeping Warbler; Vireos or Greenlets: Red-eyed Vireo; White-eyed Vireo; Yellow-throated Vireo; Warbling Vireo; Birds Not of a Feather: Loggerhead shrike; Northern Shrike; Cedar Waxwing; Scarlet Tanager; Summer Tanager; The Swallows: Purple Martin; Barn Swallow; Cliff or Eaves Swallow; Bank Swallow; Tree Swallow; The Comprehensive Sparrow Tribe and some of its Multitudinous Kin; Blackbird family, Flycatchers, Kingfisher, Cuckoos, Divers, Swimmers, Mourning Dove, and others.
Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (October 23, 1865 - February 21, 1918) was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest with poetic phrasing. Neltje Doubleday published eleven books under her pen name of Neltje Blanchan.