Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird Book
Date: Sep 18 14:18:08 2006
From: Ian Paulsen - birdbooker at zipcon.net


HI:
Hoffmann was also the first to use the term" field mark" in a book. Also
the Birds of America book edited by Pearson was first published in 1917 in
3 volumes. In 1936 it was published in one volume and stayed in print
until the early 1980's I think.

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Ian ( The keeper of useless bird book trivia!) Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way!"