Provides identification information and color photographs of 508 birds of eastern North America.

Rev. ed. of: The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds. 1977. Includes index.

Introduction --Parts of a bird -- How to use this guide -- Color key -- Color plates -- Long-legged waders -- Gull-like birds -- Upright-perching water birds -- Duck-like birds -- Sandpiper-like birds -- Chicken-like marsh birds -- Upland ground birds -- Owls -- Hawk-like birds -- Pigeon-like birds -- Swallow-like birds -- Tree-clinging birds -- Perching birds -- Species accounts -- Appendices: List of accidental species -- Bird-watching -- Glossary -- Conservation status of Eastern birds.