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pp. 179, “Pp. 179, 114 illustrations – 94 in color. Publisher’s cream-color cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, oblong 4to. The text and fine color plates are by Reece. There is an introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. The 114 paintings, watercolors, pencil drawings and lithographs evoke scenes of water fowl in all seasons. The color illustrations from paintings are particularly beautiful.”