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Allan Brooks was a naturalist and artist who illustrated many
books in the early part of the twentieth century. He lived in a cabin on Okanagan Lake in
British Columbia, studying and painting birds. In 1906, he painted illustrations for the The
Birds of Washington by William Leon Dawson, which was published in 1909. Eventually he
illustrated thousands of birds from around the world.
Plates are displayed in up to 7 sizes, if resolution allows, from 430 and 440
pixels height (best for viewing), and increasing in 110 pixel increments, up to 990 pixels
in height or width (for 8 1/2" X 11" paper), to provide some print size control
for fitting into frames. Common and species names caption the 430 pixel displays
which are displayed by clicking thumbnails. Printing Tips
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Mountain Bluebird
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Western Bluebird
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Bobwhite
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Brant
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Lark Bunting
440 |
Lazuli Bunting
440 |
Snow Bunting
440 |
Canvasback
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Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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American Coot
440 |
Double-crested Cormorant
440 |
The Book of Birds by Gilbert Grosvenor,
1932, contains 950 natural and lifelike color portraits of all major
North American bird species by Allan Brooks. Hundreds more of his
paintings illustrate bird species in A Natural History of the Ducks,
The Birds of California, Birds of Canada, Birds of Western Canada, Birds
Worth Knowing, Bird Gossip, Educational Bird Leaflets, a series in
the National Geographic magazine, calendars, cards issued by the
National Association of Audubon Societies, and covers on Keystone school
exercise books and more. Many of these books are
still available at reasonable prices in used book stores and on line,
most for under $25, many for under $10.
Search for books below.
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Sandhill Crane
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American Crow
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
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American Dipper
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Mourning Dove, Passenger
Pigeon
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American Black Duck
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Marbled Godwit
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Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
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American Goldfinch
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Emperor Goose
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660
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Snow Goose, Greater
White-fronted Goose
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Northern Goshawk
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Common Grackle
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Blue Grouse
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Ruffed Grouse
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Prairie Chicken
Sharp-tailed Grouse
440
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