[Tweeters] Arthur Cleveland Bent Life Histories of North American Birds available

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Rachel Lawson
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Arthur Cleveland Bent Life Histories of North American Birds available

Hi Denis,

Funny that you are getting rid of your old Bent books…I finally completed my own set just recently. I certainly don’t refer to them often, but I find out interesting things when I do. These days when I look at my over-filled shelves, I have to ask myself, is this book old and useful and cool, or just old? I guess I still find Bent useful.

I hope all is well with you. I enjoy your Tweeters reports. Right now, Joseph and I are in Norway. Joseph is fishing for Atlantic salmon, and I am birding. I have seen a few new species, with Black Woodpecker, my most-desired world bird, at the top of the list. I was paging through my field guide yesterday and remembered you telling me about seeing Eleonora’s Falcon. It’s funny what one remembers!

Rachel

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Tweeters,

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I have a complete collection of the Dover reprint of the Arthur Cleveland Bent Life Histories of North American Birds (see below, which indicates the original publication date by the Smithsonian Institution). All are in very good to excellent condition, and some have never been opened. I purchased several of these from the Scottish Ornithologists Club while living in Scotland, and some have been printed in the UK and some in Canada. All these volumes may be viewed online through various sources; however, these are printed works.



Before I put the series for sale on eBay or Craig’s list, I’d entertain a monetary offer for the complete set from anyone in the Tweeters community. As a small bonus, I’d include the Dover reprint of Andrew J. Berger’s “Bird Study.” If you’re interested, please contact me offline at my birding email address: avnacrs4birds @ outlook.com (without the spaces (<:) ).



Note: I also have the original published version (1937-38) (NOT Dover reprint) of the A.C. Bent two-volume “Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey,” which I’m considering parting with eventually.

  *   1919 - Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (NMB 107)
  *   1921 - Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns (NMB 113)
  *   1922 - Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and Their Allies (NMB 121)
  *   1923 - Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (part 1) (NMB 126)
  *   1925 - Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (part 2) (NMB 130)
  *   1926 - Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds (NMB 135)
  *   1927 - Life Histories of North American Shore Birds (part 1) (NMB 142)
  *   1929 - Life Histories of North American Shore Birds (part 2) (NMB 146)
  *   1932 - Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (NMB 162)
  *   1937 - Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (part 1) (NMB 167)
  *   1938 - Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (part 2) (NMB 170)
  *   1939 - Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers (NMB 174)
  *   1940 - Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, and Their Allies (NMB 176) (Published by Dover in two parts)
  *   1942 - Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies (NMB 179)
  *   1946 - Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows, and Titmice (NMB 191) (Published by Dover in two parts)
  *   1948 - Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and Their Allies (NMB 195)
  *   1949 - Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies (NMB 196)
  *   1950 - Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies (NMB 197)
  *   1953 - Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers (NMB 203) (Published by Dover in two parts)
  *   1958 - Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers, and Allies (NMB 211)
  *   1968 - Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches, Sparrows, and Allies (3 parts (volumes)) (Arthur Cleveland Bent and Collaborators, compiled and edited by Oliver L. Austin Jr.) (NMB 237)[3]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cleveland_Bent#cite_note-FBappendix-3>

Thanks, and may all your birds be identified,

Denis



Denis DeSilvis

Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com


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