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Addy, C.E. Guide to Waterfowl Banding. Laurel: United States Fish & Wildlife Service 1956.

American Ornithologists Union. The AOU Checklist of North American Birds. 5th ed. Lord Baltimore Press, (Baltimore, Maryland) 1957.

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Anderson, David R. Bibliography on Methods of Analyzing Bird Banding Data with Special Reference to the Estimation of Population Size and Survival. Special Scientific Report--Wildlife No. 156, 1972.

Anderson, Daniel W. The Biology of Wild Birds: Basic Field and Lab Techniques. Division of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. Davis: University of California Press, 1981.

Baker, Kevin. Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines: BTO Guide 24. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. 1993.

Bird Banding Laboratory. North American Bird Banding Manual. Click here for online version.

Brewer, David et al. Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding Volume 1:  Doves, Cuckoos, and Hummingbirds through Passerines, 1921 - 1995.  Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication, 2000.

British Trust for Ornithology. EURING Code Manual. Beech Grove: Office Services Limited, 1976.

Brownie, Cavell. et al. Statistical Inference from Band Recovery Data: a Handbook. Washington: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1978.

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Bub, Hans. Bird Trapping and Bird Banding. Trans. Frances Hamerstrom and Karin Wuertz Shaefer. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991.

Bub, Hans. Bird Trapping and Bird Banding: A Handbook for Trapping Methods All Over the World. 1995.

Carney, Samuel M. Preliminary Keys to Waterfowl Age and Sex Identification by Means of age. Washington: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1992.

Chambers, Robert E. The Accelerated Woodcock Banding Program in New York, 1969-1973. Washington: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1974.

Chu, Diane S. and Jay B. Hestbeck. Temporal and Geographic Estimates of Survival and Recovery Rates for the Mallard from 1950 through 1985. Washington D.C: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1989.

Clench, Mary H. and Robert C. Leberman. Weights of 151 species of Pennsylvania Birds Analyzed by Month, Age, and Sex. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1978.

Dunks, James H. et al. Migration, Harvest, and Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in the Central Management Unit: 1967-77. Washington D.C.: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1982.

Dwight, Jonathan Jr. The Sequence of Plumages and Moults of the Passerine Birds of New York. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1975.

Dyer, James M. Evaluation of Factors Influencing Trapping Success for Mourning Doves in Western Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University, 1973. (Thesis).

Fisk, Erma. The Bird with the Silver Bracelet: An Essay on Bird Banding. South Orleans: Arey's Pond Press, 1986.

Ginn, H. B. and D. S. Melville. Moult in Birds. Beech Grove: British Trust for Ornithology, 1983.

Hickey, Joseph J. Survival Studies of Banded Birds. Washington D.C: Special Scientific Report--Wildlife No. 15, 1952

Hilton, Bill. Bird Banding: Experiencing the Scientific Method, a How to Manual Written for Teachers. Rock Hill: Northwestern High School, 1987.

Hines, James E., et al. Procedures for the Analysis of Band-recovery Data and User Instructions for Program MULT. Washington: Government Printing office, 1989.

Hines, James E. and John R. Sauer. Program Contrast: a General Program for the Analysis of Several Survival or Recovery Rate Estimates. Washington D.C.: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1989.

Hull, Buzz and Pete Bloom.  The North American Banders' Manual for Raptor Banding Techniques.  Point Reyes Station: North American Banding Council, 2001.

Jenni, Lukas and Raffael Winkler. Moult and Ageing of European Passerines. London: Academic Press, 1994.

Lebreton, J.D. and Ph. M. North, Ed. Marked Individuals in the Study of Bird Population. Basel, Birkhauser Verlag, 1993.

Lensink, Calvin J. Distribution of Recoveries from Bandings of Ducklings. Special Scientific Report--Wildlife No. 89, 1964.

Lockley, R.M and Rosemary Russell. Bird Ringing: The Art of Bird Study by Individual Marking. London: Grosby Lockwood & Son, LTD, 1953.

Masui, Kiyoshi. Sex determination and Sexual Differentiation in the Fowl. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1967.

McCracken, Jon D., et al. The Canadian Bander's Study Guide. Port Rowan: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1994.

McClure, Elliott H. An Asian Bird Bander's Manual. Hong Kong: Migratory Animal Pathological Survey, 1966.

McClure, Elliott. Bird Banding. Pacific Grove: The Boxwood Press, 1984.

Mead, Chris. Bird Ringing. Beech Grove: British Trust for Ornithology, 1974.

Nichols, James D. and James E. Hines. Population Ecology of the Mallard: Winter Distribution Patterns and Survival Rates of Winter-banded Mallards. Washington D.C.: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1987.

North American Banding Council.  The Instructor's Guide to Training Passerine Bird Banders in North America.  Point Reyes Station: North American Banding Council, 2001.

North American Banding Council.  The North American Banders' Study Guide.  Point Reyes Station: North American Banding Council, 2001.

North American Banding Council.  The North American Banders' Manual for Banding Passerines and Near Passerines (excluding Hummingbirds and Owls).  Point Reyes Station: North American Banding Council, 2001.

Oberholser, Harry C. The Bird Life of Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1974.

Prater, A. J., et al. Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders. Tring: British Trust for Ornithology, 1977.

Pyle, Peter. et al. Identification Guide to North American Birds, Volume 1. Bolinas: Slate Creek Press, 1997.

Ralph, C. John, et al. Handbook of Field Methods for Monitoring Landbirds. Albany: Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1993.

Redfern, C. P. F. and J. A. Clark.  Ringer's Manual.  Thetford:  British Trust for Ornithology, 2001.

Reeves, Henry M., et al. Mourning Dove Capture and Banding. Special Scientific Report-- Wildlife No. 117, 1968.

Roberts, Thomas S. A Manual for the Identification of the Birds of Minnesota and Neighboring States. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1955.

Russell, Stephen M. and Ruth O. Russell.  The North American Banders' Manual for Banding Hummingbirds.  Point Reyes Station: North American Banding Council, 2001.

Schneider, Kathryn J., ed. An Introduction to Statistics for Bird Banders. Eastern Bird Banding Association, 1984.

Schwarz, Carl J. Post-release Stratification and Migration Models in Band-recovery and Capture-recapture models. University of Manitoba: 1988. (Thesis).

Silovsky, Gene Donald. Distribution and Mortality of the Pacific Coast Band Tailed Pigeon. Oregon State University, 1969. (Thesis)

Svennsson, Lars. Identification to European Passerines. Stockholm: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, 1975. (2nd revised ed.)

Telfair, Ray C. and Dan A. Swepston. Analysis of Banding and Marking Nestling Anhingas, Olivaceous Cormorants, Roseate Spoonbills, Ibises, Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets in Texas (1923-1983). Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., 1987.

Tomlinson, Roy E. et al. Migration, Harvest and Population Characteristics of Mourning Doves Banded in the Western Management Unit, 1964-1977. Washington D.C.: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1988.

Welty, Susan F. Birds with Bracelets: The Story of Bird Banding. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice- Hall, 1965.

Williamson, Kenneth. Identification for Ringers: Cettia, Locustella, Acrocephalus, and Hippolais. Beech Grove: British Trust for Ornithology, 1976.

Wood, Merril. A Bird-bander's Guide to Determination of Age and Sex of Selected Species. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969.

Wood, Merril, and Don Beimborn. A Bird Bander's Guide to Determination of Age and Sex of Selected Species. Minneapolis: Afton Press, 1994 .