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Humboldt State University LibraryIndex to Bent's Life Histories of North American Birds |
Arthur C. Bent's 20-volume series on Life Histories of North American Birds was published between 1919 and 1958 in the U.S. National Museum Bulletin (Docs SI 3.3) and was for many years the most complete reference work on North American bird species. The series is now superceded in large part by the species accounts found in the Birds of North America: Life Histories for the 21st Century series (ref QL 681 B625) published by the American Ornithologists' Union and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
The following list includes two sections: a table of contents arranged by bulletin number that shows the contents of each bulletin as reflected on its title page; and an alphabetical list of groups of birds, using both scientific orders and common names as listed on the title page followed by the bulletin number where found. Nomenclature follows earlier AOU checklists. To find genera or individual species of birds, you must know the major group or order to which the bird belongs.
| Bulletin 107 | Diving birds; order Pygopodes |
| Bulletin 113 | Gulls and terns; order Loongipennes |
| Bulletin 121 | Petrels and pelicans and their allies; orders Tubinares and Steganopodes |
| Bulletin 126 | Wild fowl (ducks, geese and swans); order Anseres (Part 1) |
| Bulletin 130 | Wild fowl (ducks, geese and swans); order Anseres (Part 2) |
| Bulletin 135 | Marsh birds; orders Odontoglossae, Herodiones, and Paludicolae |
| Bulletin 142 | Shore birds; order Limicolae (Part 1) |
| Bulletin 146 | Shore birds; order Limicolae (Part 2) |
| Bulletin 162 | Gallinaceous birds; orders Galliformes and Columbiformes |
| Bulletin 167 | Birds of prey; order Falconiformes (Part 1) |
| Bulletin 170 | Birds of prey; order Falconiformes (Part 2) |
| Bulletin 174 | Woodpeckers; order Piciformes |
| Bulletin 176 | Cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds, and their allies; orders Psittaciformes, Cuculiformes, Trogoniformes, Coraciiformes, Caprimulgiformes and Micropodiiformes |
| Bulletin 179 | Flycatchers, larks, swallows, and their allies; order Passeriformes |
| Bulletin 191 | Jays, crows, and titmice; families Corvidae and Paridae |
| Bulletin 195 | Nuthatches, wrens, thrashers, and their allies; order Passeriformes |
| Bulletin 196 | Thrushes, kinglets, and their allies; order Passeriformes |
| Bulletin 197 | Wagtails, shrikes, vireos, and their allies; order Passeriformes |
| Bulletin 203 | Wood warblers; order Passeriformes |
| Bulletin 211 | Blackbirds, orioles, and tanagers; order Passeriformes |
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Anseres 126, 130 Blackbirds 211 Caprimulgiformes 176 Columbiformes 162 Coraciiformes 176 Corvidae 191 Crows 191 Cuckoos 176 Cuculiformes 176 Diving birds 107 Ducks 126, 130 Falconiformes 167, 170 Flycatchers 179 Calliformes 162 Gallinaceous birds 162 Geese 126, 130 Goatsuckers 176 Gulls 113 Herodiones 135 |
Hummingbirds 176 Jays 191 Kinglets 196 Larks 179 Limicolae 142, 146 Longipennes 113 Marsh birds 135 Micropodiiformes 176 Nuthatches 195 Odontoglossae 135 Orioles 211 Paludicolae 135 Paridae 191 Passeriformes 179, 195, 196, 197, 203, 211 Pelicans 121 Petrels 121 Piciformes 174 Psittaciformes 176 Pygopodes 107 |
Shore birds 142, 146 Shrikes 197 Steganopodes 121 Strigiformes 170 Swallows 179 Swans 126 130 Tanagers 211 Terns 113 Thrashers 195 Thrushes 196 Titmice 191 Trogoniformes 176 Tubinares 121 Vireos 197 Wagtails 197 Wild fowl 126, 130 Wood warblers 203 Woodpeckers 174 Wrens 195 |
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Last Updated: Septemeber 7, 2004