Music of Wild Birds. An Illustrated, Annotated, and Opinionated Guide to Fifty Birds and Their songs. Illustrated and adapted by Judy Pelikan from the Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music by F. Schuyler Mathews. The music of wild birds is everywhere n our lives - echoing through the forests, in the meadows, by the seashore, and in our own backyards. For F. Schuyler Mathews, this music was his lifelong obsession. A naturalist and composer in the late nineteenth century, mathews actually wrote down the musical compositions of the bird songs he heard. He discovered that bird music has found its way into our culture in poems, children's nursery songs, and even the works of great composers: the Meadowlark's song can be found in La Traviata, and you can hear the Nashville Warbler in Rossini's Carnovale. In this book you'll find Mathew's erudite and entertaining prose, accompanied by his musical scores for fifty birds. Each is complemented by Judy Pelikan's exquisite illustrations of the birds, their nests, eggs, and feathers. this one-of-a-kind guide to bird identification is an updated classic that will take your avian fascination and appreciation one step further. This is a beautiful hard back, 8"x7", 184 pages, color illustrations throughout. To order by phone call toll-free: 866-596-9982.