For the past 150 years, a core purpose of the Nuttall Ornithological Club has been to publish scientific monographs and other volumes on ornithology. Given our commitment to providing information, we have released all of our copyrighted books, published before 2017, to be made available for free on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.

This project is a work in progress.

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. (available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library and 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. (available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library and 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. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  19. 19. New Studies of Tropical American Birds, Alexander F. Skutch. 281 pp., 7 tables, 11 figs., 1981. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library and  AlexanderSkutch.com)
  20. 20. Life History Studies of Woodpeckers of Eastern North America, Lawrence Kilham. 240 pp., frontispiece, 58 figs., 1983. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library).
  21. 21. Newfoundland Birds: Exploitation, Study, Conservation, William A. Montevecchi and Leslie M. Tuck. 273 pp., frontispiece, 23 tables, 40 figs., 1987. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library).
  22. 22. Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere, Peter Houde. 148 pp., 27 tables, 41 figs., 1988. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  23. 23. Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium, Second Edition. Julian J. Baumel (editor). 779 pp., 2 tables, 191 figs., 1993. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library).
  24. 24. Oilbirds of Venezuela: Ecology and Conservation, Roberto Luis Roca. 84 pp., frontispiece, 13 tables, 26 figs., 1994. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library).
  25. 25. Nearctic Passerine Migrants in South America, Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. 126 pp., 3 tables, 71 figs., 1995. (viewable online at  Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  26. 26. Geographical Variation in Birds of Java, G. F. Mees. 119 pp., 13 tables, 25 figs., 1996. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  27. 27. Pleistocene Birds of the Palearctic: A Catalogue, Tommy Tyrberg. 720 pp., 3 tables, 59 figs., 1998. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  13. 13. Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology. Volume II, William E. Davis, Jr. and Jerome A. Jackson (editors). 401 pp., 2000. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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. (viewable online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
  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, Buteo Books, and other booksellers.
  26. 26. The Nuttall Ornithological Club 2016-2023, William E. Davis, Jr., David M. Larson, David B. Donsker, Dana R. Duxbury-Fox. 2023.  114 pp., 41 figures.
  27. 27 Birds of Rhode Island. Seasonal Distribution and Ecological History. Richard L. Ferren and edited by Richard R. Veit, 2024. Co-published with Cornell University Press. 576 pp., 28 color photos, 1  watercolor, 10 b&w line drawings, 7 maps. Available from Cornell University Press and other booksellers.
  1. 1. Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Daniel D. Gibson and G. Vernon Byrd. 2007. 351 pp.
  2. 2. California Condors in the 21st Century, Allan Mee and Linnea S. Hall. 2007. 279 pp.
  3. 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.

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