A general natural history of birds presented through an illustrated cross-section of the entire species of the world's living birds.

An illustrated 30,000-mile tour of the continent.

Features the unique Peterson Identification System, which has never been surpassed as a tool for field identification and is available only in Peterson Guides.

[2015 Reprint] Roger Tory Peterson—the Renaissance man who taught Americans the joy of watching birds—also invented the modern field guide. His 1934 landmar