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A HANDBOOK TO THE SWALLOWS AND MARTINS OF THE WORLD
[Buy it!] | TURNER ANGELA AND CHRIS ROSE: | USD 20.51
(Sat Jun 8 15:29:37 2024) | Biblio | Hawkridge Books | LONDON, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 1994. REPRINT, FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE, AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS, CLASSIFICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR, BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS, AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS, HABITAT, DISTRIBUTION, MOVEMENTS, BEHAVIOUR, BREEDING BIOLOGY, VOICE, PLUMAGE, RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. LONDON, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 1994 ISBN 0747032025 9780747032021 [GB] |
