Urban Neighbors Resources:
Checklist

Historical Neighbors
Street and Backyard Neighbors
Park and Green Places Neighbors
Shore and Wetlands Neighbors
Salt and Freshwater Neighbors
Tiny Neighbors
Unwelcome Neighbors
Occasional and Unexpected Neighbors


Below is a list of items on display in the exhibition Urban Neighbors: Images of New York City Wildlife (October 11, 2002 - Febuary 1, 2003). The separate pages of the checklist correspond to the different sections into which the exhibition was organized.


Shore and Wetlands Neighbors

The abundant wildlife of the places where water meets land.

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Hand-colored etching by Mark Catesby from his drawing
In: M. Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects and plants…. 2nd ed., edited and revised by George Edwards. Vol. 1 of 2 (London, 1771)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Color reproduction of illustration by Abbott Henderson Thayer
In: Gerald H. Thayer, Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of Disguise through Color and Pattern … (New York: Macmillan Co., 1909)
NYPL, General Research Division

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Reproduction of black-and-white scratchboard illustration by Francis Lee Jaques
In: Florence Page Jaques, The Geese Fly High (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1939)
NYPL, General Research Division

1.–2. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), 3. Common Pintail (Anas acuta), 4. Blue-winged Teal (A. discors), 5. Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Hand-colored engraving with etching after Alexander Wilson
From: A. Wilson, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plate 68 of 103 (76?) (Philadelphia, 1808–14)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Snow Geese at Dawn, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, early November, 1996
Photograph by Don Riepe
Courtesy of Don Riepe, National Park Service

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Reproduction of color photograph by Art Wolfe
In: A. Wolfe, The Kingdom: Wildlife in North America (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990)
NYPL, General Research Division

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Color reproduction of oil painting by Francis Lee Jaques, 1968
In: Florence Page Jaques, Francis Lee Jaques: Artist of the Wilderness World (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973)
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art and Architecture Collection

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Reproduction of illustration by T. M. Shortt
In: Francis H. Kortright, The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America … (Washington, D.C.: The American Wildlife Institute, 1942)
NYPL, General Research Division

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Pencil drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, signed "L.A.F.," 1915 (?)
Courtesy of American Museum of Natural History, Louis Agassiz Fuertes Art Collection

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Color reproduction of painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
In: Robert McCracken Peck, A Celebration of Birds: The Life and Art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (New York: Published for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Walker and Co., 1982)
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art and Architecture Collection

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
West Side Piers with Swan
Photograph by Larry Racioppo, 1997
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Nesting Black Skimmers and Common Terns at Breezy Point Beach
Photograph by Don Riepe, August 1998
Courtesy of Don Riepe, American Littoral Society

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Reproduction of color photograph by Dafila Scott
In: D. Scott, Swans (Stillwater, Minn.: Voyageur Press, 1995)
NYPL, General Research Division

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Color reproduction of painting by Robert Verity Clem
In: Gardner D. Stout and Peter Matthiessen, The Shorebirds of North America (New York: Viking Press, 1967)
NYPL, General Research Division

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Reproductions of color photographs by Helen Cruickshank, Allan Cruickshank, and Eliot Porter
In: Austin L. Rand, American Water & Game Birds. Prepared in cooperation with the Chicago Natural History Museum (New York: Dutton, 1956)
NYPL, General Research Division

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Hand-colored lithograph by Edward Lear from his painting
In: John Gould, The Birds of Europe. Vol. 4 of 5 (London, 1837)
NYPL, Rare Books Division, Stuart Collection

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron
Watercolor drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, unsigned, October 30, 1908
Courtesy of American Museum of Natural History, Louis Agassiz Fuertes Art Collection

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron
Color reproduction of painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
In: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the Singular Beauty of Birds. Edited by Frederick George Marcham (New York: Harper & Row, 1971)
NYPL, General Research Division

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron, Jamaica Bay
Painting by Frank Ippolito. Cover illustration for Salt Marshes of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1990)
Courtesy of Frank Ippolito

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron, Jamaica Bay
Reproduction of painting by Frank Ippolito. Cover illustration of Salt Marshes of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1990)
Private Collection

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret, Van Cortlandt Park
Painting by Frank Ippolito. Cover illustration for Freshwater Wetlands of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1990)
Courtesy of Frank Ippolito

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret, Van Cortlandt Park
Reproduction of painting by Frank Ippolito. Cover illustration of Freshwater Wetlands of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1990)
Private Collection

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Hand-colored lithograph after John James Audubon
In: J. J. Audubon, The Birds of America: from drawings made in the United States and their territories. Vol. 1 of 7 (New York; Philadelphia, 1840–44)
NYPL, George Arents Collection of Books in Parts

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Ospreys on Nest in Jamaica Bay, with JFK International Airport in Background
Photograph by Don Riepe, August 2001
Courtesy of Don Riepe, National Park Service

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Egret (A. alba), Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
"Harbor Herons": Wading Birds at Goethals Bridge Pond, Staten Island
Photograph by Michael J. Feller, September 1992
Courtesy of Michael J. Feller

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Reproduction of color photograph by Richard K. Walton
In: R. K. Walton, Familiar Birds of Lakes and Rivers (Audubon Society pocket guides) (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994)
NYPL, General Research Division

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Color reproduction of painting by Wilhelm Kuhnert
In: Richard Lydekker, Wildlife of the World: A Descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals. Vol. 2 of 3 (London; New York: F. Warne and Co., 1916)
NYPL, General Research Division

Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Hand-colored lithograph after J. Quinn
In: John Edwards Holbrook, North American Herpetology; or, a Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Vol. 1 of 5 (Philadelphia, 1842)
NYPL, Rare Books Division, Stuart Collection

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Color reproduction of drawing by David M. Carroll
In: D. M. Carroll, The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History (Charlotte, Vt.: Camden House, 1991)
NYPL, General Research Division

Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Heliotype after R. Deckert
In: Harold Lester Babcock, The Turtles of New England. Boston Society of Natural History Memoirs, vol. 8, no. 3 (Boston: Society of Natural History, 1919)
NYPL, General Research Division

Fig. 69. Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Fig. 67. probably Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata)
Fig. 66. unidentified salamander
Hand-colored lithograph, with outlines made by camera lucida, after J. W. Hill
In: James Ellsworth DeKay, Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna…. Vol. 1.5 of 6 vols. in 5 (New York State. Geological Survey. Natural History of New York. Parts 1–6) (Albany, 1842–44)
NYPL, Rare Books Division, Stuart Collection

Eastern American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Male American Toad Being Released at New Pond, Pelham Bay Park, June 24, 1997
Photograph by David S. Künstler
Courtesy of David S. Künstler, City of New York/Parks & Recreation

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Hand-colored etching by Mark Catesby from his drawing
In: M. Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects and plants…. 2nd ed., revised by George Edwards. Vol. 2 of 2 (London, 1771)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor), Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris c. crucifer), Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
Reproductions of color photographs
In: Michael W. Klemens, Amphibians and Reptiles of Connecticut and Adjacent Regions (Hartford: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1993)
NYPL, General Research Division

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Painting by Frank Ippolito
Illustration for Forests of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1994)
Courtesy of Frank Ippolito

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Color reproduction of painting by Frank Ippolito
In: Forests of New York City (City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group, 1994)
Private Collection

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Hand-colored lithograph, with outlines made by camera lucida, by J. W. Hill
From: James Ellsworth DeKay, Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna…. Vol. 5/6 of 6 (New York State. Geological Survey. Natural History of New York. Parts 1–6)
(Albany, 1842–44)
NYPL, Science, Industry and Business Library

Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Wood engraving, signed K. Jahrmargi
In: The Riverside Natural History, edited by John Sterling Kingsley. Vol. 2 of 6 (Boston; New York, [1888])
NYPL, General Research Division