Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two
Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019
Rating 4.4- Word count
- 1.1M words
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- 112
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English Originals Natural Sciences EcologyScience EnlightenmentNature ObservationIllustrated RecordAcademic MonographSpecies StudyFieldworkSummary
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by BentAuthor: Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954,Language: English, Class: QL: Science: Zoology, Release Date: Jun 28, 2012Editor's review
This is the combined first and second parts of Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers by Arthur Cleveland Bent, a classic observational record in zoology. With detailed field notes, the author surveys the distribution, breeding, migration and behavioral traits of North American wood warblers; the material is substantive and embodies the field methods of early bird life-history research. For readers of ornithology, natural history and nature-writing, the book offers valuable original descriptions and a period perspective. Read it as a data collection and historical text, attending to how observations are organized and how species descriptions are framed, while noting differences between early taxonomy and terminology and those of today. It suits sectional consultation within a natural-history reading plan and can serve birdwatchers seeking background knowledge, but it should not replace modern field guides or the latest research literature.Who it's for
A good fit for
- Professional readers engaged in ornithology or natural history
- Birdwatchers seeking early observational records of North American wood warblers
- Readers interested in classic natural history literature and field-record writing
- Students needing public-domain zoological material for retrieval and citation
Not a good fit for
- Beginners looking for modern bird field guides or quick identification handbooks
- Readers expecting popular science stories and light reading
- Readers needing the latest taxonomic revisions and conservation-status data
Reading tips
- Consult the table of contents and species index first, reading records by target species.
- Read alongside a modern bird field guide, noting historical differences in terminology and taxonomy.
- Keep a notebook of distribution and behavior descriptions to form thematic excerpts.
- Use the book as a sample of natural history literature to practice organizing and citing material.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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FAQ
Can this book replace a modern bird field guide?
No. It is an early observational record of bird life histories, focused on description and data accumulation, and lacks the color illustrations, latest taxonomic revisions and conservation data of modern field guides. Use it as background literature alongside a modern guide.Can someone without ornithological training read it?
It can be browsed, but there is a threshold. The terminology and record conventions are fairly technical; beginners should first learn basic bird morphology and taxonomy, or start with entries for familiar species and expand gradually.How should the combined first and second parts be read?
There is no need to read from beginning to end. Skip by species or theme, using the table of contents to locate material, then compare related entries across the two parts. For research, build an index table recording distribution information for each species across both parts.This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954 AuthorArthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954) was an American ornithologist best known for his series of life histories of North American birds. The library holds two of his works: Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Parts One and Two, and Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1, showing that his writing focuses on systematic observation and documentation of particular bird groups. His texts are generally based on detailed field data, describing habits, breeding, migration, and distribution species by species, combining scientific reference value with the appeal of natural-history reading. Such works are often classified under inspirational growth, perhaps because they reflect persistence and careful observation over time. Public information is limited, and details of his life and honors cannot be confirmed, so no speculation is offered here; readers may instead appreciate his rigorous and patient approach through the works themselves.