Phil,
That is just awesome. For anyone who hasn't seen this book, it is rather
difficult to come by and is an invaluable historical reference on Maryland
birds. Download a copy, save it where you can reference it easily, and enjoy!
Thanks, Phil! That's exciting.
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
http://www.billhubick.com
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From: Phil Davis <>
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Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 4:23:27 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] The Birds of MD and DC (Stewart & Robbins 1958) is available
on-line
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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MD/DC Records Committee
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Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
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MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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