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Peterson Field Guides

The Peterson Field Guides (PFG) are a popular and influential series of American field guides intended to assist the layman in identification of birds, plants, insects and other natural phenomena. The series was created and edited by renowned ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996). His inaugural volume was the classic 1934 book A Field Guide to the Birds, published by the Houghton Mifflin Company.

The Peterson Field Guides
PFG 1: A Field Guide to the Birds (1934), by Roger Tory Peterson • Second edition (1939): A Field Guide to the Birds • Third edition (1947): A Field Guide to the Birds • Fourth edition (1980): A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America • Fifth edition (2002): A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America • Sixth edition (2010): Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, • Seventh edition (2020): Field Guide to Birds of Eastern & Central North America, • PFG ??: Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008), • Second edition (2020): Field Guide to Birds of North America, • PFG 1A: Bird Songs (Eastern) (1990)[CD] by the Cornell Laboratory of OrnithologyPFG 2: A Field Guide to Western Birds: Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian, with a Section on the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands (1941), by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson • Second edition (1961): A Field Guide to Western Birds: Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian, with a Section on the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands • Third edition (1990): A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of MexicoPFG 2A: Western Bird Songs (1962) by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology • Second edition (1992) • PFG 3: A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies (1947), by Percy A. Morris • Second edition (1951) • Third edition (1973) • Fourth edition (1995), by R. Tucker Abbott and Percy A. Morris; Photos by R. Tucker Abbott • PFG 4A: Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America, East of the Great Plains (1951), by Alexander B. KlotsPFG 4B: PFG 4A replaced by A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (1992), by Paul A. Opler; Illustrated by Vichai Malikul • Second edition (1998) • PFG 5: A Field Guide to the Mammals: Field Marks of All North American Species Found North of Mexico (1952), by William Henry Burt; Illustrated by Richard Philip Grossenheider • Second edition (1964) • Third edition (1976) • Fourth edition (2006): A Field Guide to Mammals of North America, by Fiona ReidPFG 6: A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Shells, Including Shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California (1952), by Percy A. Morris • Second edition (1966) • PFG 7: A Field Guide to the Rocks and Minerals of North America (1953), by Frederick H. Pough and Jeffrey Scovil • Second edition (1955) • Third edition (1960) • Fourth edition (1976) • PFG 8: A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (1954), by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, and P.A.D. Hollom • Second edition (1965), additional authors: I.J. Ferguson-Lees and D.I.M. Wallace • Third edition (19??) • Fourth edition (19??) • Fourth edition, revised and enlarged (1983) • Fifth edition (1993) • Sixth edition (2004), • PFG 9: Animal Tracks (1954), by Olaus J. Murie • Second edition (1974) • Third edition (2005), by Olaus J. Murie and Mark ElbrochPFG 10: A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families: Northeastern and Central North America with a Section on Species Also Found in the British Isles and Western Europe (1956), by Boughton Cobb and Laura Louise Foster • Second edition (1963): A Field Guide to Ferns, Second Edition: Northeastern and Central North America by Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe, and Elizabeth FarnsworthPFG 11A: A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and North-Central United States and Southeastern and South-Central Canada (1958), by George A. Petrides • Second edition (1972): A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Field Marks of All Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines That Grow Wild in the Northeastern and North-Central United StatesPFG 11B: PFG 11A revised as A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada (1988), by George A. Petrides; Illustrated by Janet Wehr • First edition, expanded [sic]: A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwest (1998) • PFG 12: A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States and Canada East of the 100th Meridian (1958) by Roger Conant; Illustrated by Isabelle Hunt Conant • Second edition (1975): A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America • Third edition (1991), additional author: Joseph T. Collins, and illustrator: Tom R. Johnson • Third edition, expanded (1998) • Fourth edition, (2016), additional author: Robert PowellPFG 13: A Field Guide to Birds of Texas and Adjacent States (1960), by Roger Tory Peterson; Illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson • PFG 14: A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers from Northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia (1968), by John Craighead, Ray J. Davis, Frank C. Craighead, and Eduardo Salgado • Second edition (1996) • PFG 15: A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets (1964), by Donald Howard Menzel; Illustrations by Ching Sung Yu • Second edition (19??): by Jay M. Pasachoff, Wil Tirion and Donald Howard Menzel; Additional author: Ching Sung Yu • Third edition (1992) • Fourth edition (2000) • PFG 16: A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians: Field Marks of All Species in Western North America (1966), by Robert C. Stebbins • Second edition (1985): A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians: Field Marks of All Species in Western North America, Including Baja California • Third edition (2003): A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and AmphibiansPFG 17: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North Central North America (1968), by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKennyPFG 18:This PFG number was used for two field guides. :In 1968 this number was Mammals of Britain and Europe by Van Den Brink. This title was dropped from the series in 1985. :In 1986 This number became Birds of the West Indies by James Bond. Both of these guides appeared in the Easton Press leather bound copies of the series. For that series the title of the Bond book was changed to "Birds of the Caribbean". Birds of the West Indies (1999), by James BondPFG 19: A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico (1970), by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. WhitePFG 20: Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador (1973), by Roger Tory Peterson and Edward L. ChalifPFG 21: ''Eastern Birds' Nests: The United States East of the Mississippi River'' (1975), by Hal H. Harrison, Mada Harrison and Ned SmithPFG 22: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Pacific States (1976), by Niehaus and Ripper • PFG 23: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America (1977), by Lee Allen Peterson; Illustrated by Lee Allen Peterson and Roger Tory Peterson; Photos by Lee Allen Peterson • PFG 24: A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras (1978), by Kenneth L. Gosner; Illustrations by Kenneth L. GosnerPFG 25: ''Western Birds' Nests: The United States West of the Mississippi River'' (1979), by Harrison • PFG 26: A Field Guide to the Atmosphere (1981), by Vincent J. Schaefer and John A. Day; Illustrated by Christy E. DayPFG 27: A Field Guide to Coral Reefs of the Caribbean and Florida: A Guide to the Common Invertebrates and Fishes of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Southern Florida, the ... (1982), by Eugene H. Kaplan; Illustrations by Susan L. KaplanPFG 28: A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: The Gulf of Alaska to Baja California (1983), by William N. Eschmeyer, Earl S. Herald, Howard E. Hammann and Katherine P. SmithPFG 29: A Field Guide to Beetles of North America (1963), by Richard E. White • PFG 30: A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America (1984), by Charles V. Covell • Second edition (2012) • PFG 31: A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (1984), by Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper and Virginia SavagePFG 32: A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes of North America (1986), by C. Richard Robins and G. Carleton Ray; Illustrations by John Douglass and Rudolf FreundPFG 33: A Field Guide to Butterflies of Western North America (1986), by Tilden and Smith • Second edition (1999): A Field Guide to Western Butterflies by Paul A. Opler and Amy Bartlett WrightPFG 34: A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America (1987), by Kent H. McKnight and Vera B. McKnight; Illustrations by Vera B. McKnightPFG 35: A Field Guide to the Hawks of North America (1987), by William S. Clark and Brian K. WheelerPFG 36: A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores (1988), by Kaplan • PFG 37: A Field Guide to the Ecology of Eastern Forests: North America (1988), by John C. Kricher; Illustrated by Gordon Morrison • PFG 38: Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America (1989)[cassettes], by Richard K. Walton and Robert W. LawsonBirding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America (2002) (Audiocassette) • More Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America: A Guide to Bird-Song Identification (2002) by Richard K. Walton and Robert W. Lawson (Audiocassette) • PFG 39: Advanced Birding (1990), by Kenn KaufmanPFG 40: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America (1990), by Steven Foster and James A. Duke; Illustrated by Lee Allen Peterson, Jim Bleakfeather Rose and Roger Tory Peterson; Photos by James A. Duke • Second Edition (1999) • Third Edition (2014) • PFG 41: Birding by Ear: Western (1990)[CD], by Walton and Lawson • PFG 42: A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico (1991), by Lawrence Page and Brooks Burr; Illustrations by Eugene C. Beckham, III, John Parker Sherrod and Craig W. Ronto • Second edition (2011): Illustrations by Eugene C. Beckham, III, John Parker Sherrod, Justin T. Sipiorski and Joseph R. Tomelleri; Maps by Griffin E. Sheehy • PFG 43: Backyard Bird Song (1991)[CD], by Richard K. Walton, Robert W. Lawson and Roger Tory Peterson • PFG 44: A Field Guide to Western Trees: Western United States and Canada (1992), by George A. Petrides; Illustrated by Olivia PetridesPFG 45: A Field Guide to the Ecology of Western Forests (1993), by John C. Kricher and Gordon Morrison (See PFG 50 and 51) • PFG 46: A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America North of Mexico (1994), by Roger Caras and Steven Foster • PFG 47: More Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central (19??) by Walton and Lawson • PFG 48: A Field Guide to Geology: Eastern North America (1996), by David C. Roberts; Illustrations by W. Grant Hodson This field guide originally appeared in print with the PFG number 47 on the spine. It was later changed to 48. • PFG 49: A Field Guide to Warblers of North America (1997), by Jon Dunn, Kimball Garrett, Sue A. Tackett and Larry O. RoschePFG 50: Revision of (part of) PFG 45 as: A Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests (1998), by John C. Kricher and Gordon Morrison • PFG 51: Revision of (part of) PFG 45 as: A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (1998), by John C. Kricher and Gordon Morrison Unnumbered volumes • PFG ??: Revision of (part of) Fourth edition of PFG 1 as: A Field Guide to Feeder Birds: Eastern and Central North America (2000), by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson, and Noble Proctor • PFG ??: A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America (2001), by Sheri L. Williamson • PFG ??: A Field Guide to the North American Prairie (2004), by Ruth Carol Cushman and Stephen R. Jones • PFG ??: Mammals of Britain and Europe (1968, 1986), by F. H. van den Brink • PFG ??: Peterson Reference Guide to Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds (2015), by Kevin T. Karlson and Dale Rosselet • PFG ??: Peterson Field Guide to Finding Mammals in North America (2015), by Vladimir Dinets • PFG ??: Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean (2015), by Scott Weidensaul • PFG ??: Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America (2016), by Stephen Shunk • PFG ??: Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America (2016), by Jesse Fagan and Robert Dean; Illustrated by Robert Dean and Peter Burke • PFG ??: Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America (2017), by Nathan Pieplow ==iOS apps==
iOS apps
Appweavers, Inc., the licensee of the Peterson field guides for mobile devices, has developed the Peterson Birds of North America and Peterson Feeder Birds of North America apps for mobile Apple products. The Peterson Birds of North America app also includes some content from other books in the Peterson field guide series. The app is no longer available on iTunes. ==References==
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