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Vanishing Mew Gull
Author | : Ray Reedman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-05 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1784274623 |
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Modern taxonomic studies have created a revolution in the genetic sequencing of bird families and have resulted in confusing changes to the names of many species, particularly in the scientific nomenclature. This book presents all the birds of the Western Palaearctic under the latest taxonomic scheme followed by the International Ornithological Congress. The geographic scope embraces about 10% of the world's bird species, covering almost 1,100 in total. Each species is considered in order, discussing aspects of both vernacular and scientific names, as well as supplementary information such as status, appearance and history. An introduction elucidates the history of the linguistic elements concerned, taking into account the major languages of Europe, and offers a condensed analysis of the 'authority' for any bird names. Good dictionaries of avian names are thin on the ground: most are only partial in coverage, and the majority are word-centric. Hence, British and European birds have long lacked a work that truly wraps the names - both vernacular and scientific - around the birds themselves. This reference will be appeal to any bird enthusiast, but also to those seeking out the background on particular species or simply trying to make some sense of what can seem like a somewhat confused scenario. Filling a critical gap, it will be a useful tool for any student of ornithology, whatever their level of experience.
Flight Of The Mew Gull
Author | : Alex Henshaw |
Publsiher | : Crowood |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781847974082 |
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Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls, and he developed this blind-flying taken deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survey flights. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937. His amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939 established several solo records that still stand today, almost 60 years later. This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft.
City Notebook A Reporter s Portrait of a Vanishing New York
Author | : McCandlish Phillips |
Publsiher | : Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1974-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781631490095 |
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McCandlish Phillips, whose by-line has been familiar to readers of The New York Times since 1955, has looked into just about every corner of the city and has written about nearly every aspect of its life. New York is not the same city today as it was yesterday. You cannot set foot in the same New York twice. Yet you can capture its momentary essence in City Notebook. One of the best metropolitan reporters of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s has brought together his best pieces on the City’s life. You will learn, for example, about the “rainbow rain” that sometimes falls on the City, about the Great Bee Roundup, the Case of the Garrulous Parrot, the Small World of Melvin Krulewitch, and the fate of the Gowanus Canal. The reality of New York is made up of millions of such instances, a mosaic of people, places, and things. The ones in this book have been chosen because they are compulsively fascinating, utterly irreplaceable, or just very funny. Gay Talese has called McCandlish Phillips “one of the best reporters” on The Times. People who know his byline relish his crisp style and dry wit.
The Aeroplane
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 998 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OSU:32435054692108 |
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Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns
Author | : Arthur Cleveland Bent,Frank Nelson Blanchard |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Gulls |
ISBN | : COLUMBIA:CU08636699 |
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Life Histories of North American birds Gulls and terns
Author | : Arthur Cleveland Bent |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : MINN:31951000115754O |
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Birder s Handbook
Author | : Paul Ehrlich,David S. Dobkin,Darryl Wheye |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 820 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780671659899 |
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On t.p.: A field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico.
Australian Bird Names
Author | : Ian Fraser,Jeannie Gray |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2019-09-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781486311644 |
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This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This second edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.