Author: Richard Bowdler Sharpe
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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On a Small Collection of Birds from Efulen in Cameroon, W. Africa
Author: Richard Bowdler Sharpe
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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The Ibis
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Birds
Author: Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe (Greve)
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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The Auk
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Swenska wetenskaps academiens handlingar
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Rails
Author: Barry Taylor
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140813537X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 601
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This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world. Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that are newly described, and also ten that are recently extinct and two that are almost certainly extinct. The book, based on up-to-date references and on new observations, is the first to give comprehensive information on field identification (including voice), covering all species and races for which details are known. It is also the first to provide descriptions of the immature and juvenile plumages of many species. The authors provide a detailed summary of current knowledge of all aspects of rail biology and their often complex behaviour, social structure, and family life. They explain how such apparently poorly flying birds can undertake intercontinental migrations and are such widespread and successful colonists of remote oceanic islands. They also discuss the remarkable ease and speed with which species on such islands have evolved into flightless forms in the absence of predators, a fact that has led to the rapid extinction of numerous island taxa following the arrival of man. Rail habitats are fast disappearing, say the authors, and many rails become endangered before enough is known about them to plan effective conservation measures. The book provides information on distribution, status, habitat requirements, and current threats, and it gives conservation priorities for threatened species.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140813537X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 601
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This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world. Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that are newly described, and also ten that are recently extinct and two that are almost certainly extinct. The book, based on up-to-date references and on new observations, is the first to give comprehensive information on field identification (including voice), covering all species and races for which details are known. It is also the first to provide descriptions of the immature and juvenile plumages of many species. The authors provide a detailed summary of current knowledge of all aspects of rail biology and their often complex behaviour, social structure, and family life. They explain how such apparently poorly flying birds can undertake intercontinental migrations and are such widespread and successful colonists of remote oceanic islands. They also discuss the remarkable ease and speed with which species on such islands have evolved into flightless forms in the absence of predators, a fact that has led to the rapid extinction of numerous island taxa following the arrival of man. Rail habitats are fast disappearing, say the authors, and many rails become endangered before enough is known about them to plan effective conservation measures. The book provides information on distribution, status, habitat requirements, and current threats, and it gives conservation priorities for threatened species.
Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History: 59.82-59.9,9
Author: American Museum of Natural History. Library
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 922
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 922
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Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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International Catalogue of Scientific Literature
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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