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Violet-green Swallow 440 550 660 990w	Red-breasted Sapsucker 440 550 660 770 880 990	American Goldfinch 440	Northern Goshawk 440


Crested Auklet 440 550 660 770 880 990	American Bittern 440	Brewer's Blackbird 440	Red-winged Blackbird 440


Yellow-headed Blackbird 440	Yellow-headed Blackbird 440 550 660 770 880 990	Eastern Bluebird 440	Eastern Bluebird 440 550 660 770 880 990

Allan Brooks was a naturalist and artist who illustrated many books in the early part of the twentieth century. He lived in a cabin on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, studying and painting birds. In 1906, he painted illustrations for the The Birds of Washington by William Leon Dawson, which was published in 1909. Eventually he illustrated thousands of birds from around the world.


Mountain Bluebird 440	Western Bluebird 440	Bobwhite 440	Brant 440


Lark Bunting 440	Lazuli Bunting 440	Snow Bunting 440	Canvasback 440


Mountain Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee 440	Chestnut-backed Chickadee 440	American Coot 440	Double-crested Cormorant 440

Plates are displayed in up to 7 sizes, if resolution allows, from 430 and 440 pixels height (best for viewing), and increasing in 110 pixel increments, up to 990 pixels in height or width (for 8 1/2" X 11" paper), to provide some print size control for fitting into frames. Common and species names caption the 430 pixel displays which are displayed by clicking thumbnails. Printing Tips

Brown-headed Cowbird

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Sandhill Crane

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American Crow
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
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American Dipper 440	Mourning Dove, Passenger Pigeon 440	American Black Duck 440


Harlequin Duck 440	Wood Duck 440	Wood Duck 440 550 990w

The Book of Birds by Gilbert Grosvenor, 1932, contains 950 natural and lifelike color portraits of all major North American bird species by Allan Brooks. Hundreds more of his paintings illustrate bird species in A Natural History of the Ducks, The Birds of California, Birds of Canada, Birds of Western Canada, Birds Worth Knowing, Bird Gossip, Educational Bird Leaflets, a series in the National Geographic magazine, calendars, cards issued by the National Association of Audubon Societies, and covers on Keystone school exercise books and more. Many of these books are still available at reasonable prices in used book stores and on line, most for under $25, many for under $10.


Peregrin Falcon 440	Peregrin Falcon 440 550 660 990w	Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 440 550 660 770 880	Purple Finch 440


Marbled Godwit 440	Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye 440	Emperor Goose 440 550 660 990w


Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose 440	Black-headed Grosbeak 440	Common Grackle 440


Eared Grebe 440	Pied-billed Grebe 440	Red-necked Grebe 440 550 660 990w


Black-headed Grosbeak 440 550 660 770 880 990	Evening Grosbeak 440	Evening Grosbeak 440 550 660 770 880 990	Pine Grosbeak 440