A Dictionary of Birds
Publisher: Buteo Books, 1985.
Binding: Hardcover.
Condition: New.
Pages: 670
Truly an encyclopedia, with extensive and comprehensive entries, this is perhaps the best book for beginners and experts alike.
A Dictionary of Birds enlists contributions from over 280 ornithologists and other specialists from around the world. Major, authoritative articles cover the field of modern ornithology and related subjects, many of them running to several thousand words. In addition there are articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species. There are also numerous short entries defining special terms, application of names, etc. The total gives a text of over 800,000 words, supported by more than 500 photographs, drawings and diagrams.
The photographs have been selected under the guidance of Eric Hosking to illustrate different activities of birds, and Robert Gillmor has assembled a collection of over 200 drawings of birds, almost all of which were specially drawn for the Dictionary.
Compiled for the British Ornithologists' Union, this work is in line of succession from Newton's A Dictionary of Birds of 1896 and Landsborough Thomson's A New Dictionary of Birds published in 1964 and now long out of print. This new dictionary, encyclopedic in treatment is destined to be a major reference in any ornithologist's library; and its editors and contributors, most of whom gave their time and knowledge freely, have earned the thanks and acclaim of users for many years to come.
Item #12072ISBN: 0931130123
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