ISBN: 9780198546450Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford; Illustrated edition (5 May 2005)Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 930 pagesWildfowl and screamers belong to a highly diverse family of birds, confined to watery habitats. They are amongst the most attractive of birds and are very well-known to man, who has domesticated them, used their feathers for warm clothing and ornamentation, admired their flight, courtship and migration, caught them for food, maintained them in captivity for pleasure, and written about their doings in delightful children's stories, from Mother Goose to Jemima Puddleduck and Donald Duck. They occur throughout the world except Antarctica. Some are faithful to the same partner for life, others for only the few minutes of copulation. In some species, male and female make devoted parents, and yet there is one within the group whose female lays her eggs in the nests of others and never incubates. Diving as a method of obtaining food has evolved many times within the family. Most nest in the open but others in the tree-hole nests of woodpeckers and some in the ground burrows of rabbits or aardvarks. They may be highly social or solitary, defending a large territory. ISBN 0198546459 9780198546450 [ZA]

ISBN10: 0198546459, ISBN13: 9780198546450, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover First Edition Complete in two volumes: vol 1: general chapters, species accounts; vol. 2: species acounts (Cairina to Mergus). 30 colour plates by Mark Hulme. Dust jackets fine, protected in clear removable archival sleeves; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine set. [Part of the Oxford Bird Families Series of which 17 titles have been published.] Size: 4to (25 x 19cm)
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 2005. Book. Illus. by Hulme, Mark. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (25 x 19cm). Complete in two volumes: vol 1: general chapters, species accounts; vol. 2: species acounts (Cairina to Mergus). 30 colour plates by Mark Hulme. Dust jackets fine, protected in clear removable archival sleeves; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine set. [Part of the Oxford Bird Families Series of which 17 titles have been published.]. 2005. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198546459 9780198546450 [GB]

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 930 pages. 9.75x7.50x2.50 inches. 2005. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0198546459 9780198546450 [GB]

ISBN10: 0198546459, ISBN13: 9780198546450, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Hardcover
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr. New. Date: 2005. Hardcover. 0198546459 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED COMPLETE TWO (2) VOLUME SET; 1004 pages; 6.2 pounds. Book Description: "Wildfowl and screamers belong to a highly diverse family of birds, confined to watery habitats. They are amongst the most attractive of birds and are very well-known to man, who has domesticated them, used their feathers for warm clothing and ornamentation, admired their flight, courtship and migration, caught them for food, maintained them in captivity for pleasure, and written about their doings in delightful children's stories, from Mother Goose to Jemima Puddleduck and Donald Duck. They occur throughout the world except Antarctica. Some are faithful to the same partner for life, others for only the few minutes of copulation. In some species, male and female make devoted parents, and yet there is one within the group whose female lays her eggs in the nests of others and never incubates. Diving as a method of obtaining food has evolved many times within the family. Most nest in the open but others in the tree-hole nests of woodpeckers and some in the ground burrows of rabbits or aardvarks. They may be highly social or solitary, defending a large territory. Ducks, Geese, and Swans begins with eight ...