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Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00nati (find matches)
Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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