Re: A little game . . .

[Marvis Collett <mcslcutah at mindspring dot com>]

Or we could have a contest to see who has the oldest book on birding.  A
friend of mine that was involved in moving the books from one California
library to a new building sent me a book BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA by Irene Grosvenor
Wheelock that looks like it has been through at least one rainstorm.  The
cover is embossed with Irene's name and looks like it may have been made
of leather like old bibles.  This one was printed in 1904.  It contains ten
full-page plates and78 drawings by Bruce Horsfall.  The book is an introduction
to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands
with a supplemetary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical
subspecies.   576 pages.  The book needs to be rebound.  It has some interesting
bird adventures.  Anyone interested in it?

Marvis Collett 

Steve Carr wrote:

Mark,

 

This sounds like a fun stay-at-home activity, especially since we can't get to Lytle Ranch at present.   But I can't really participate in the game because I still have my 1941 Peterson Western Field Guide that I used when I started birding in 1949 and used it extensively until 1966 when I began to use the Zim guide.  In fact, I periodically use it to update myself on what used to be names of many of the birds.  The dust cover is long since gone, and even the cover is worn to a frazzle in numerous places.

 

--Steve

 

 

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