Birds, Vol. 1 No. 1, January 1897: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Birds, Vol. 1 No. 1, January 1897, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Birds, Vol. 1 No. 1, January 1897 by Various. Read LibriVox Volunteers Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." Later volumes were expanded to include animals, plants, etc. Summary by J. M. Smallheer From the Preface of Vol 1 No 1: "Of all animated nature, birds are the most beautiful in coloring, most graceful in form and action, swiftest in motion and most perfect emblems of freedom. The text is prepared with the view of giving the children as clear an idea as possible, of haunts, habits, characteristics and such other information as will lead them to love the birds and delight in their study and acquaintance."

Recording facts

• Recording title: Birds, Vol. 1 No. 1, January 1897
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 59:00

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• nature
• birds
• magazine

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface — 7:34
2. 02 - The Nonpareil — 1:35
3. 03 - Poem - Sweet Warblers of the sunny hours — 1:28
4. 04 - The Resplendent Trogon — 7:34
5. 05 - The Mandarin Duck - A Letter from China — 2:51
6. 06 - The Mandarin Duck — 4:08
7. 07 - The Golden Pheasant — 3:38
8. 08 - The Nonpareil — 4:02
9. 09 - The Australian Grass Parrakeet — 2:43
10. 10 - The Cock-of-the-Rock — 3:56
11. 11 - The Red Bird of Paradise — 4:31
12. 12 - The Yellow Throated Toucan — 5:44
13. 13 - The Red-Rumped Tanager — 6:09
14. 14 - The Golden Oriole — 3:07

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