Roger Tory Peterson

ntroductionSince birds, like men, are largely diurnal creatures and share with us the familiar daytime world of color and sound, our association with them is, not surprisingly, a long and intimate one. Man has always had a double interest in birdson the one hand esthetic, personal, impractical; on...

Introduction Since birds, like men, are largely diurnal creatures and share with us the familiar day-time world of colour and sound, our association with them is, not surprisingly, a long and intimate one. Man has always had a double interest in birds—on the one hand aesthetic, personal,...

IntroductionSince birds, üke men, are largely diurnal creatures and share with us the fa-miliar daytime world of color and sound, our association with them is, not surprisingly, a long and intimate one. Man has always had a double interest in birdson the one hand esthetic, personal, impractical;...