AMERICAN BIRD SONGS Cornell University FIELD RECORDING Albert Brand Foundation

$

60

A series of great  Nature and Sound Effect Records   on 78 rpm Victrola Records

Click this link for more actual Bird and Whistling Records in my other listings!

Click this link for more great SOUND EFFECT RECORDS in my other listings!

In 1942, Comstock Publishing began a partnership with the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell to produce our first record album—American Bird Songs. This unusual publication is in fact a set of six 78-rpm records that marked innovations in both scholarly publishing and ornithological study.
American Bird Songs included familiar blue jays and mourning doves, water birds like loons and whistling swans, marsh birds like bitterns and Wilson’s snipe, and a wide variety of warblers. Thousands of copies of this album were purchased by amateur bird lovers and professional ornithologists alike—and for students at camps and schools.

These recordings showcased the emerging field of wildlife recording, which was virtually invented at Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology. In the late 1920s, Professor Arthur Allen produced the first recordings of birds made in the wild in North America. He worked with Peter Paul Kellogg, a graduate student, to develop the technologies to produce better recordings, including Kellogg’s concept of the first portable (under twenty pounds!) tape recorder for fieldwork. Peter Keane, an undergraduate student, came up with the concept of using a parabolic dish to isolate the sound of a particular bird. Albert R. Brand, a former stockbroker who became an adult student at Cornell, funded much of the early recording work and produced the first album of bird songs.

Albert R. Brand Bird Song Foundation – American Bird Songs
Professor A. A. Allen* And Professor P. P. Kellogg* 

Label: Comstock Publishing Co – none
Format: 
6 x Vinyl, 10", 78 RPM, Album, Red
Released: 1942
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Field Recording
A  Birds Of The Northwoods
B  Birds Of The Northwoods
C  Birds Of Northern Gardens And Shade Trees
D  Birds Of Northern Gardens And Shade Trees
E  Birds Of Southern Woods And Gardens
F  Birds Of Southern Woods And Gardens
G  Birds Of The Fields And Prairies
H  Birds Of The Fields And Prairies
I  North American Game Birds
J  North American Game Birds
K  Birds Of Western North America
L  Birds Of Western North America
Recorded By – Cornell Laboratory Of Ornithology
Recorded by Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University.
Each disc has its own catalogue number per side. There are six tracks per side.
Licensed only for non-commercial use.

Please see top of the page for condition


  Birds Of The North Woods 
Birds Of The North Woods 
A2a  Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla Guttata), Bay Pond, N.Y. 
A2b  Wood Thrush (Hylocichla Mustelina), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A2c  Olive-Backed Thrush (Hylocichla Ustulata), Elk Lake, N.Y. 
A2d  Gray-Cheeked Thrush (Hylocichla Minima), Churchill, Man. 
A2e  Veery (Hylocichla Fuscescens), Ithaca, N.Y. 
Birds Of The North Woods (Cont.) 
A3a  White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia Albicollis), Elk Lake, N.Y. 
A3b  White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia Leucophyrs), Churchill, Man. 
A3c  Whip-Poor-Will (Caprimulgus Vociferus), Gettysburg, Pa. 
A3d  Scarlet Tanager (Piranga Olivacea), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A3e  Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Hedymeles Ludovicianus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A3f  Purple Finch (Carppodacus Purpureus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
Birds Of The North Woods (Cont.) 
A4a  Fox Sparrow (Passerella Iliaca), Churchill, Mam, And Tabatierrc, Que. 
A4b  Slate-Colored Junco (Junco Hyemalis), Elk Lake, N.Y. 
A4c  Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus Varius), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A4d  Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax Trailli), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A4e  Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttallornis Borealis), Riding Mts., Man. 
Birds Of Northern Gardens And Shade Trees 
A5a  Song Sparrow (Melospiza Melodia), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A5b  Robin (Turdus Migratorius), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A5c  Catbird (Dumetella Carolinensis), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A5d  Baltimore Oriole (Icterus Galbula), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A5e  Yellow Warbler (Dendroica Petechia), Ithaca, N.Y. 
Birds Of Northern Gardens And Shade Trees (Cont.) 
A6a  Flicker (Colaptes Auratus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6b  Chickadee (Parus Atricapillus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6c  Wood Pewee (Myiochanes Virens), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6d  Chipping Sparrow (Spizella Passerina), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6e  Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo Olivaceus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6f  Yellow-Throated Vireo (Vireo Favifrons), Ithaca, N.Y. 
A6g  Warbling Vireo (Vireo Gilvus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
Birds Of The Southern Woods And Gardens 
B1a  Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos), Miami, Fla. 
B1b  Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma Rufum), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B1c  Cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis), Indian Island, Ga., And Ithaca, N.Y. 
B1d  Summer Tanager (Piranga Rubra), Fort Hill, Ohio 
Birds Of The Southern Woods And Gardens (Cont.) 
B2a  Indigo Bunting (Passerina Cyanea), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B2b  Pine-Woods Sparrow (Aimophila Aestivalis), Fort Hill, Ohio 
B2c  Pine Warbler (Dendroica Pinas), Tallahassee, Fla. 
B2d  Orchard Oriole (Icterus Spurius), Elsah, Ill. 
B2e  Yellow-Breasted Chat (Iceteria Virens), Fort Hill, Ohio 
Birds Of Fields And Praries 
B3a  Bobolink (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B3b  Meadowlark (Sturnella Magna), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B3c  Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes Gramineus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B3d  Field Sparrow (Spizella Pusilla), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B3e  Prairie Horned Lark (Otocoris Alpestris), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B3f  Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus Sandwichensis), Ithaca, N.Y. 
Birds Of Fields And Praries (Cont.) 
B4a  Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus Savannarum), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B4b  Henslow’s Sparrow (Passerherbulus Henslowi), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B4c  Lark Sparrow (Chondestes Grammacus), Minneapolis, Minn. 
B4d  Killdeer (Oxyechus Vociferus), Ithaca, N.Y., And The Pas, Man. 
American Game Birds 
B5a  Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa Umbellus), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B5b  Bob-White (Colinus Virginianus), Tallahassee, Fla. 
B5c  Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo), Aransas Refuge, Tex. 
B5d  Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus Fuliginosus), Yosemite, Calif. 
B5e  Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus Cupido), Central Wis. 
B5f  Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes Phasianellus), Central Wis. 
B5g  Chachalaca (Ortalis Vetula), Valles, Mexico 
American Game Birds (Cont.) 
B6a  Gumbel's Quail (Lophortyx Gambeli), Tucson, Ariz. 
B6b  California Quail (Lophortyx Californica), Berkeley, Calif. 
B6c  White-Winged Dove (Melopelia Asiatica), Tucson, Ariz. 
B6d  Woodcock (Philohela Minor), Ithaca, N.Y. 
B6e  Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis), Mattamuskeet, N.C. 
B6f  Mallard Duck (Anas Platyrhynchos), Ithaca, N.Y.