An important function of the Nuttall Ornithological Club is to publish scientific monographs and other volumes on ornithology.

Most in-print Nuttall publications can be purchased at Buteo Books

  1. 1. The Comparative Biology of the Meadowlarks (Sturnella) in Wisconsin, Wesley E. Lanyon. 66 pp., 31 pl., 1957.
  2. 2. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Four Species of North American Herons, Andrew J. Meyerriecks. 158., 15 pl., 1960. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  3. 3. Structural Adaptations of the Head and Neck in the Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra Linnaeus, Richard L. Zusi. 101 pp., 5 tables, 44 figs., 1962. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  4. 4. The Rough winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis (Viellot): A Study Based on Its Breeding Biology in Michigan, William A. Lunk. 155 pp., 19 figs., 3 pl., 1962. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  5. 5. Ecology and Bioenergetics of the Long-billed Marsh Wren Telmatodytes palustris griseus (Brewster) in Georgia Salt Marshes, Herbert W. Kale II. 142 pp., 61 tables, 22 figs., 1965. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  6. 6. Communication and Relationships in the Genus Tyrannus, W. John Smith. 250 pp., 3 tables, 51 figs., 1966. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  7. 7. Life Histories of Central American Highland Birds, Alexander F. Skutch, 213 pp., 1 table, 6 figs., 1967. (pdf version at AlexanderSkutch.com)
  8. 8. Breeding Biology of the Blue-faced Booby Sula dactylatra personata on Green Island, Kure Atoll, Cameron B. Kepler. 97 pp., 42 tables, 32 figs., 1969. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  9. 9. Species Taxa of North American Birds: A Contribution to Comparative Systematics, Ernst Mayr and Lester L. Short. 127 pp., 8 tables, 1970. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  10. 10. Studies of Tropical American Birds, Alexander F. Skutch. 228 pp., 2 tables, 15 figs., 1972. (pdf version at AlexanderSkutch.com)
  11. 11. Communication and other Social Behavior in Parus carolinensis, Susan T. Smith. 125 pp., 6 tables, 22 figs., 1972. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  12. 12. Avifauna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea, Jared M. Diamond. 439 pp., 19 tables, 42 figs., 4 maps, 1972.
  13. 13. Geographical Differentiation in the Genus Accipiter, Jan Wattel. 231 pp., 82 tables, 21 figs. 27 maps, 1973. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  14. 14. Avian Speciation in Tropical South America with a Systematic Survey of the Toucans (Ramphastidae) and Jacamars (Galbulidae), Jurgen Haffer. 390 pp., 31 tables, 85 figs., 2 pl., 1974.
  15. 15. Avian Energetics, Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. (editor). 334 pp., 48 tables, 57 figs., 1974.
  16. 16. Comparative Study of Todies (Todidae), with Emphasis on the Puerto Rican Tody, Todus mexicanus, Angela K. Kepler. 206 pp., 37 tables, 67 figs., 7 maps, 1977.
  17. 17. Relationships of the Superorders Alectoromorphae and Charadriomorphae (Aves): A Comparative Study of the Avian Hand, Boris C. Stegmann. 119 pp., 37 figs., 1978.
  18. 18. Geographic Variation in Social Behavior and in Adaptations to Competition among Andean Birds, Martin Moynihan. 162 pp., frontispiece, 42 tables, 16 figs., 1 map. 1979.
  19. 19. New Studies of Tropical American Birds, Alexander F. Skutch. 281 pp., 7 tables, 11 figs., 1981. (pdf version at AlexanderSkutch.com)
  20. 20. Life History Studies of Woodpeckers of Eastern North America, Lawrence Kilham. 240 pp., frontispiece, 58 figs., 1983.
  21. 21. Newfoundland Birds: Exploitation, Study, Conservation, William A. Montevecchi and Leslie M. Tuck. 273 pp., frontispiece, 23 tables, 40 figs., 1987.
  22. 22. Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere, Peter Houde. 148 pp., 27 tables, 41 figs., 1988.
  23. 23. Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium, Second Edition. Julian J. Baumel (editor). 779 pp., 2 tables, 191 figs., 1993.
  24. 24. Oilbirds of Venezuela: Ecology and Conservation, Roberto Luis Roca. 84 pp., frontispiece, 13 tables, 26 figs., 1994.
  25. 25. Nearctic Passerine Migrants in South America, Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. 126 pp., 3 tables, 71 figs., 1995.
  26. 26. Geographical Variation in Birds of Java, G. F. Mees. 119 pp., 13 tables, 25 figs., 1996.
  27. 27. Pleistocene Birds of the Palearctic: A Catalogue, Tommy Tyrberg. 720 pp., 3 tables, 59 figs., 1998.
  28. 28. The Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, and its New England Subspecies, Bicknell’s Thrush, Catharus minimus bicknelli, Joe T. Marshall. 135 pp., 2 color plates, 5 maps, 6 figures, 2 photos, 2 tables, 2001.
  29. 29. Marine Birds of the Eastern United States and the Bay of Fundy, Nisbet, Ian C. T., Richard R. Veit, Sasha A. Auer, and Timothy P. White. 188 pp, 2013.
  1. Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Daniel D. Gibson and G. Vernon Byrd. 2007. 351 pp.
  2. California Condors in the 21st Century, Allan Mee and Linnea S. Hall. 2007. 279 pp.
  3. State of North America’s Birds of Prey, Edited by Keith L. Bildstein, Jeff P. Smith, Ernesto Ruelas Inzuna, and Richard R. Veit. 2008. 466 pp.
  1. 1. Bird Migration, William Brewster. 22 pp., 1886. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  2. 2. The Ipswich Sparrow (Ammodramus princeps Maynard) and Its Summer Home, Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 56 pp., 1 col. pl., 1895. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  3. 3. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts, Charles Wendell Townsend. 352 pp. 1 pl., 1 map, 1905. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  4. 4. The Birds of the Cambridge Region of Massachusetts, William Brewster. 425 pp. 4 pl., 3 maps, 1906. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  5. 5. Supplement to The Birds of Essex County Massachusetts, Charles Wendell Townsend. 195 pp., 1 pl., 1 map, 1920. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  6. 6. The Birds of Cuba, Thomas Barbour. 141 pp., 4 pl., 1923. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  7. 7. The Birds of Newfoundland Labrador, Oliver Luther Austin, Jr. 229 pp., 1 map, 1932. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Library)
  8. 8. An Account of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 1873 to 1919, Charles Foster Batchelder. 109 pp., 1 pl., 1937. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  9. 9. Cuban Ornithology, Thomas Barbour. 144 pp., 2 pl., 1943. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  10. 10. A Bibliography of the Published Writing of William Brewster, Charles Foster Batchelder. 54 pp., 1951.  (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  11. 11. History of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 1873-1986, William E. Davis, Jr. 179 pp., frontispiece, 29 figures, 1987.
  12. 12. Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, Volume I, William E. Davis, Jr. and Jerome A. Jackson (editors). 501 pp., 108 figures, 1995.
  13. 13. Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology. Volume II, William E. Davis, Jr. and Jerome A. Jackson (editors). 401 pp., 2000.
  14. 14. Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, William E. Davis, Jr., Harry F. Recher, Walter E. Boles, and Jerome A. Jackson (editors). 401 pp., 118 figures, 2008.
  15. 15. Bird Banding in North America: The First Hundred Years, Jerome A. Jackson, William E. Davis, Jr., and John Tautin (editors). 280 pp., 62 figures, 2008.
  16. 16. Early Tasmanian Ornithology: The Correspondence of Ronald Campbell Gunn and James Grant 1836-1838, William E. Davis, Jr., editor. 263 pp., frontispiece, 30 figures, 2 appendices, 2009.
  17. 17. Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, Volume III, William E. Davis, Jr. and Jerome A. Jackson (editors). 385 pp., 84 figures, 1 appendix, 2010.
  18. 18. Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, Volume II, William E. Davis, Jr., Harry F. Recher and Walter E. Boles (editors). 532 pp., 106 figures, 2012.
  19. 19. The Birds of New Hampshire, Allan R. Keith and Robert P. Fox. 469 pp, 2013.
  20. 20. The American Ornithologists’ Union: the First Century, 1883–1983, Keir B. Sterling and Marianne G. Ainley; William E. Davis, Jr., and Byron K. Butler, editors. 2016. 404 pp., 51 figures.
  21. 21. History of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1987–2015, William E. Davis, Jr., David B. Donsker, and Dana R. Duxbury-Fox. 2017. 283 pp., 18 figures.
  22. 22. Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology. Volume III, William E. Davis, Jr., Walter E. Boles, and Harry F. Recher, editors. 2017. 613 pp., 97 figures.
  23. 23. Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology. Volume IV, William E. Davis, Jr., Walter E. Boles, and Harry F. Recher, editors. 2018. 608 pp., 70 figures.
  24. 24. Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, Volume IV, William E. Davis, Jr., editor. 2019. 516 pp., 70 figures.
  25. 25. Birds of Maine, Peter D. Vickery, Charles D. Duncan, Jeffrey V. Wells, and William J. Sheehan. 2020. Co-published with Princeton University Press. Available from Princeton University Press and Buteo Books.

Most in-print Nuttall publications can be purchased at Buteo Books