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Nature - Birds Genre
Books in the Nature - Birds genre:
Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots (1832)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall (1846)
A collection of early illustrations of birds and animals by the master of nonsense. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
John Edward Gray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
What the Blackbird Said (1881)
A combination of the natural history of birds and moral instruction. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Frederick Locker
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Owls of Olynn Belfry (1885)
The story of two owlets who are kidnapped from their nest when their parents drive off two church burglars. Read online at RCSA.
Author(s):
A. Y. D.
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Birds of Manitoba (1891)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Animal Story Book (1896)
Here are 66 illustrated tales, mostly true, about creatures of land, sea, and air. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals (1896)
Topographical anatomy of common animals intended for the use of artists. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Bird Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds (1897)
This edition has the plates in black-and-white. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Frank M. Chapman
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Ernest Seton Thompson
Wild Animals I Have Known (1898)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson
Ernest Seton Thompson
Bird Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds (1899)
An atlas of paintings of common birds for use in schools. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Frank M. Chapman
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Ernest Seton Thompson
The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)
A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands (1899)
A volume in the Haddon Hall Library. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
George A. B. Dewar
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Bird Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds (1900)
This edition utilizes the colored illustrations that were made for the school atlas. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Frank M. Chapman
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Ernest Seton Thompson
Raggylug the Cottontail Rabbit and Other Animal Stories (1900)
A selection from Wild Animals I Have Known.
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Bird Portraits (1901)
Pictures with some explanatory text. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Ralph Hoffmann
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Bird Watching (1901)
Author(s):
Edmund Selous
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Lives of the Hunted (1901)
The life-stories of five wild animals. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson
Ernest Seton Thompson
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
Animal Heroes (1905)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson
Ernest Thompson Seton
Good-Night (1907)
The story of Padre Alonzo, his Mexican parrot, Loretta and a yellow canary named Tony. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eleanor Gates
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham