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Los Angeles County Museum, 1943. Pamphlet, 40 pp. Third Printing, January 1960.
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In good condition. Tan paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall aging, scuffing and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. No remainder marks. Provides names, scientific names, sizes, and brief descriptions and illustrations of 46 birds found in urban Los Angeles in the 1940' and 1950's. Includes Index and a list showing Changes in Nomenclature in accord with the Checklist of North American Birds, Fifth Edition, published by the American Ornithologists' Union, 1957. [From Introduction] This is the third of a series of Los Angeles County Museum publications dealing with the birds of this county. With the exception of some of the water-birds (to be treated in another paper) and a few others of unusual occurrence, it lists the species known or believed to be found in the city of Los Angeles, excluding such outlying sections as San Pedro, Venice, San Fernanda and Eagle Rock, which differ more or less faunally from the central urban district. It is hoped that, by means of the descriptions, differentiating characters and illustrations given here, the field observer may be able to identify the different species of the area under discussion. The classification used is that of the 1931 Check-List of the American Ornithologists' Union. In order that the subject matter may not be too technical for junior grade students, most of the scientific terms have been reduced to simple English. It has been considered advisable, however, to retain the scientific names of families, genera and species, which are coupled with the English names of the same. The only measurement used in this discussion is that of total length, that is from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Mounted specimens of all the species lifted here are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum, and it is suggested that students make free use of these exhibits to settle problems of identification.