Bird Student: An Autobiography 9780292756731

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NUMBER FOUR THE CORRIE HERRING HOOKS SERIES

BIRD STUDENT

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BIRD STUDENT An Autobiography

George Miksch Sutton

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS Austin

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Copyright © 1980 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, Box 7819, Austin, Texas 78712.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sutton, George Miksch, 1 8 9 8 Bird student. (The Corrie Herring Hooks series; no. 4 ) 1. Sutton, George Miksch, 1 8 9 8 2. Ornithologists—United States—Biography. I. Title. QL31.S96A33 598.2'092'4 [B] ISBN 0-292-70727-4

79-20196

ISBN 978-0-292-75673-1 (library e-book) ISBN 978-0-292-75674-8 (individual e-book)

Frontispiece: O o k p i k j u a k Direct-from-life portrait of a snowy owl caught in a trap set by the Eskimos for foxes on Southampton Island in the winter of 1929-30. Translated freely, ookpikjuak means "something soft and big."

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CONTENTS

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PREFACE

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THE BEGINNINGS 13

OREGON

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ILLINOIS TEXAS

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WEST VIRGINIA

SHELDRAKE SPRINGS, NEW YORK WEST VIRGINIA AGAIN

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PITTSBURGH

WORLD WAR I, BETHANY, AND PITTSBURGH AGAIN 87

LABRADOR

PITTSBURGH ONCE MORE

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JAMES BAY FLORIDA

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HARRISBURG

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THE EAST COAST OF HUDSON BAY HARRISBURG AGAIN THE FAR NORTH

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EPILOGUE: CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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