This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: Embracing Birds, Plants, Animals, Minerals, in Natural Colors by Color Photography, Containing Articles by Gerald Alan Abbott, Dr. Albert Schneider, William Kerr Higley ... and Other Eminent Naturalists. Ed. by Nathaniel Moore Banta: Six Hundred Forty-Eight Full-Page Color Plates, Containing Accurate Photographic Illustrations in Natural Colors of Over Fifteen Hundred Nature Specimens ...; Subjects: Natural history; Nature / General; Nature / Essays; Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General;