Project Gutenberg 2017-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 332 Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823 1887 Baird, S. F. (Spencer Fullerton) Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo) 1814 1880 Brewer, Thomas M. (Thomas Mayo) Brewer, Thos. M. (Thomas Mayo) Ridgway, Robert 1850 1929 A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 Produced by Greg Bergquist, Jennifer Linklater, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3" by S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This volume focuses on various families of birds, specifically those classified as land birds, providing detailed descriptions and classifications of their characteristics and behaviors. The likely topic of the book is the systematic study and identification of North American birds, particularly emphasizing their anatomy, habitats, and geographical distributions. The opening of the text introduces the category of birds known as the Raptores, or birds of prey, including owls, hawks, and vultures. It discusses their classification, structural features, and the importance of systematic classification, drawing on contributions from renowned ornithologists. The segment explains the general characteristics and classifications of owls as the first family within the raptors, outlining their features, global distribution, and distinctions among various genera and species, laying the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding of North American bird life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Birds -- North America QL Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 2481938 2025-07-21T13:04:04.248779 text/html 2447535 2024-10-23T01:45:23 text/html 12098703 2025-07-21T13:04:51.342970 application/epub+zip 12144089 2025-07-21T13:04:13.767622 application/epub+zip 872846 2025-07-21T13:04:08.685652 application/epub+zip 12868062 2025-07-21T13:05:12.176931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12645737 2025-07-21T13:04:45.161958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1427416 2022-09-24T16:52:24.520231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1934283 2025-07-21T13:03:54.570720 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1914293 2024-10-23T01:45:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18213 2025-07-21T13:05:12.412839 application/rdf+xml 7881 2025-07-21T13:04:09.126637 image/jpeg 1832 2025-07-21T13:04:08.910665 image/jpeg 10976113 2025-07-21T13:04:05.113646 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia