THE FILE 100,000 35mm; 3,000 b/w; 40,000 electronic.

OVERVIEW VIREO is a unique, highly specialized comprehensive collection of bird photographs. All North American species and 68 percent of the world's birds. A variety of styles and approaches from many of the field's best bird photographers who continually add new images to the collection.

NATURAL HISTORY Birds More than 6,800 species. Bird behavior, courtship, ecological relationships, flight, foraging, mating, singing. Ornithologists at work, birdwatchers. Photographs of every species of North American bird.

ENVIRONMENTAL Endangered species, tropical rainforest species, neotropical migrants.

SPECIALTIES Bird behavior, flight, obscure species, common backyard birds, tropical forest birds, endangered species. Eagles, owls, songbirds.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS All continents and oceans. Best coverage: Antarctica, Borneo, Caribbean, Central and South America, East and South Africa, Europe, New Guinea, New Zealand, North America.

RECENT COVERAGE Birds of Middle East.

CREDITS Full range of advertisements, calendars, CD-I, CD-ROM, computer programs, magazines, museum exhibits, textbooks, trade books, Internet, more. Magazines: Audubon, Birder's World, Discover, Geo, International Wildlife, National Geographic, Newsweek, Ortho, Ranger Rick, Reader's Digest, Scientific American, U.S. News & World Report. Books: Britannica, Grolier, Houghton Mifflin, Leica, Macmillan, Smithsonian Institution, Time-Life. Advertising/Corporate: British Air, USAIR, World Wildlife Fund.

COMMENTS Visit VIREO's website to see 40,000 images of birds. Lightboxes and comp images available to registered users. Can deliver by FTP, web-download, email, CD and the usual postal channels. VIREO is part of The Academy of Natural Sciences, one of the world's great natural history museums. The museum has internationally recognized bird experts and VIREO can help you with all types of special projects related to birds.

NONEDITORIAL SERVICES We can answer most of your bird questions.