Florida and the Game Water-Birds of the Atlantic Coast and the Lakes of the United States

Robert Barnwell Roosevelt's work, 'Florida and the Game Water-Birds of the Atlantic Coast and the Lakes of the United States,' is a meticulous chronicle exploring the diverse avian species frequenting the waterways and coasts of America. As much a literary journey as it is a zoological study, Roosevelt's text unfolds in a prose beholden to both scientific rigor and the style of naturalist's muse, ...