For any bird watcher or bird lover, this is a great guide book that illustrates and tells about all kinds of birds found in the wild. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography started in 1897. In 1898 it changed name to Birds and All Nature; in 1900 (Volume 8) it changed name again, to Nature and Art; and finally in 1905 to Birds and Nature, starting a new series (at Volume 1). Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 contents: THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, THE CANADA JAY, THE PURPLE GALLINULE, SMITH’S PAINTED LONGSPUR, THE AMERICAN CROSS BILL, THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL, BIRD DAY IN THE SCHOOLS, THE CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER, THE PIEDBILL GREBE, THE BOHEMIAN WAX-WING, THE MARSH WREN, THE ARIZONA GREEN JAY, Amateur Photography, TESTIMONIALS.
