MD Osprey:

I am pleased to pass the word that the important 
publication we generally referred to as "Stewart 
and Robbins (1958)" is now available on-line. 
This document serves as the checklist baseline 
for the MD/DC Records Committee and is a key 
historical work about the birds of our region. In 
addition to the species accounts, the work 
includes a historical sketch and describes the 
geography and the biotic regions. The main body 
of the work is as of 1956; however, an appendix 
discusses important records into early 1958, the publication year.

I had not previously found these sources on-line 
earlier and I want to thank Lynda Garrett of 
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center for locating 
these links and alerting me to them. Also, thanks 
to Chan Robbins for his help with this.


There are two sources:

(1) The Internet Library. The following link will 
take you to a page where you can download the 
document in various formats. The document is over 
400 pages. The PDF document size is 21MB, is 
searchable, and the PDF page numbers align with 
the actual document's page numbers ...

         http://www.archive.org/details/northamericanfau62unit

(2) A second source, provided by the The National 
Conservation Training Center, is where all of the 
North American Fauna issues have been digitized; 
however, the PDF document size is larger (29MB) 
and the page numbers do not align. That document is available here ...

         http://www.fwspubs.org/doi/abs/10.3996/nafa.62.0001


The full citation is:

         Robert E Stewart, Chandler S Robbins 
(1958) BIRDS OF MARYLAND AND THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. North American Fauna: January 1958, Number 62: pp. 1 – 401.

Enjoy!

Phil


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