"outstanding contributions to excellence in field birding," it now bears the title Outstanding Contributions to Regional Ornithology and is "given to individuals who have dramatically advanced the state of ornithological knowledge for a particular region." Quotes "One need not shoot a bird to know what it was." Selected publications Nichols, John T., and Ludlow Griscom. 1917. "Fresh-water Fishes of the Congo Basin Obtained by the American Museum Congo Exhibition, 1909–1915", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37:653–756. Griscom, Ludlow. 1922. "Problems of Field Identification", The Auk 39:31–41. Griscom, Ludlow. 1922. "Field Studies of the Anatidae of the Atlantic Coast, Part I", The Auk 39:517–530. Griscom, Ludlow. 1923. Birds of the New York City Region. Handbook series no. 9. American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. 400 pp. Griscom, Ludlow. 1923. "Field Studies of the Anatidae of the Atlantic Coast, Part II", The Auk 40:69–80. Griscom, Ludlow. 1932. "The Distribution of Bird-life in Guatemala", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 64:1–439. Griscom, Ludlow. 1933. "The Birds of Dutchess County, New York from Records Compiled by Maunsell S. Crosby," Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New York 3:1–184. Griscom, Ludlow. 1934. "The Ornithology of Guerrero, Mexico," Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 75:367–422. Fernald, Merritt L., and Ludlow Griscom. 1935. "Three Days of Botanizing in Southeastern Virginia," Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 107:129–157, 167–189. Griscom, Ludlow. 1935. "The Ornithology of the Republic of Panama," Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 78:261–382. Griscom, Ludlow. 1936. "Modern Problems of Field Identification," Bird-Lore 38:12–18. Fernald, Merritt L., and Ludlow Griscom. 1937. "Notes on Diodia," Rhodora 39:306–308. Griscom, Ludlow. 1937. "A Monographic Study of the Red Crossbill," Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11:77–210. Griscom, Ludlow, and J. C. Greenway, Jr. 1941. "Birds of Lower Amazonia," Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 88:81–344. Griscom, Ludlow. 1945. Modern Bird Study. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 190 pp. Griscom, Ludlow. 1946. "Fifty Years of Conservation," Bulletin of the Massachusetts Audubon Society 30:65–72. Griscom, Ludlow. 1948. "Duck Shooting Can Be Saved," Field and Stream 52(9):22–23, 83–85. Griscom, Ludlow, and Edith V. Folger. 1948. The Birds of Nantucket. New England Bird Studies I. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 156 pp. Griscom, Ludlow. 1949. The Birds of Concord: A Study in Population Trends. New England Bird Studies II. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 340 pp. Griscom, Ludlow. 1950.