title: Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds
author:  Paul Ehrlich 
description: This is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America -- up to date and in field-guide format.
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  Title: A History of North American Birds  
  Land Birds - Volume 1  
    
  Author: Spencer Fullerton Baird  
  Thomas Mayo Brewer  
  Robert Ridgway  
    
  Release Date: July 24, 2017 [EBook #55191]  
    
  Language: English  
    
    
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