Birds; Selected from the writings of Neltje Blanchan: " Bird Neighbors", "Birds that Hunt and are hunted" (Game Birds), "How to Attract the Birds", "Birds Every Child Should Know"

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Presumed second printing, original compendium copyright was 1917. Hardcover. Good. xii, 257, [1] pages. Includes 48 illustrations in full color--including 22 full color illustrations of birds. Also includes a color key and an index. Ink inscription from previous owner inside the second free endpaper. Some page discoloration noted. Cover has some wear, soiling, and a spine tear. 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. Neltje Doubleday participated in philanthropic work for the American Red Cross. In 1917 she visited the Philippines and China on special assignment as a commissioner for the Red Cross. She died suddenly in Canton, China on February 21, 1918 at age 52.