Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486210858
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
'Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1950 as Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum bulletin 197.'
Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486210858
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
'Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1950 as Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum bulletin 197.'
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486210858
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
'Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1950 as Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum bulletin 197.'
Life Histories of North American [birds].: Wagtails, shrikes, vireos and their allies
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Life Histories of North American, Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331307365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Excerpt from Life Histories of North American, Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies: Order Passeriformes This is the eighteenth in a series of bulletins of the United States National Museum on the life histories of North American birds. The same general plan has been followed and the same sources of information have been utilized as in previous bulletins, to which the reader is referred. As this and the previous bulletin were prepared simultaneously and were originally intended to be published as one bulletin, the list of contributors is the same for both volumes and need not be repeated here. Eighteen complete life histories were contributed especially for this volume; eight were written by Bernard W.Tucker and five by Dr. Winsor M. Tyler; Dr. Alden H. Miller, Wendell Taber, Alexander F. Skutch, Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and Eobert S. Woods contributed one each. The same valued assistance was rendered by Dr. Winsor M. Tyler, in indexing, and by Wm. George F.Harris in preparing the egg data and measurements. The manuscript for this volume was completed in 1943. Contributions received since then will be acknowledged later. Only information of great importance could be added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331307365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Excerpt from Life Histories of North American, Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies: Order Passeriformes This is the eighteenth in a series of bulletins of the United States National Museum on the life histories of North American birds. The same general plan has been followed and the same sources of information have been utilized as in previous bulletins, to which the reader is referred. As this and the previous bulletin were prepared simultaneously and were originally intended to be published as one bulletin, the list of contributors is the same for both volumes and need not be repeated here. Eighteen complete life histories were contributed especially for this volume; eight were written by Bernard W.Tucker and five by Dr. Winsor M. Tyler; Dr. Alden H. Miller, Wendell Taber, Alexander F. Skutch, Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and Eobert S. Woods contributed one each. The same valued assistance was rendered by Dr. Winsor M. Tyler, in indexing, and by Wm. George F.Harris in preparing the egg data and measurements. The manuscript for this volume was completed in 1943. Contributions received since then will be acknowledged later. Only information of great importance could be added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the eighteenth in a series of bulletins of the United States National Museum on the life histories of North American birds, with previous numbers issued as follows: 107, 113, 121, 126, 130, 135, 142, 146, 162, 167, 170, 174, 176, 179, 191, 195, 196. This bulletin deals with the Order Passeriformes, specifically the Families of Prunellidae (Accentors) ; Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) ; Bombycillidae (Waxwings) ; Ptilogonatidae (Silky flycatchers) ; Laniidae (Shrikes) ; Sturnidae (Starlings) ; Vireonidae (Vireos) of North America.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the eighteenth in a series of bulletins of the United States National Museum on the life histories of North American birds, with previous numbers issued as follows: 107, 113, 121, 126, 130, 135, 142, 146, 162, 167, 170, 174, 176, 179, 191, 195, 196. This bulletin deals with the Order Passeriformes, specifically the Families of Prunellidae (Accentors) ; Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) ; Bombycillidae (Waxwings) ; Ptilogonatidae (Silky flycatchers) ; Laniidae (Shrikes) ; Sturnidae (Starlings) ; Vireonidae (Vireos) of North America.
Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486210827
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Coots, bitterns, rails, crakes, cranes, herons, egrets, many others. 180 photographs.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486210827
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Coots, bitterns, rails, crakes, cranes, herons, egrets, many others. 180 photographs.
Life Histories of North American [birds].: Wood warblers
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos and Their Allies
Author: Arthur Cleveland Bent
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844616445
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844616445
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Appalachian Spring
Author: Marcia Bonta
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822971467
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived on a 500-acre mountain-top farm in central Pennsylvania for twenty years. Appalachian Spring is her personal account of that glorious spectacle - the coming of the spring to the woods and fields of Appalachia.The book begins with spring preliminaries in January and February when gray squirrels mate and the great horned owls conduct their courtship rites. Then, with the onset of true spring, the intricacies of the season unravel day by day in journal entries that combine Bonta's own meticulous observations with the research reported by botanists, entomologists, and other natural scientists.She recounts her hours spent watching an active red fox den or observing the drumming of a male ruffed grouse - all without the benefit of a blind. She discovers new-born fawns on the trail and hen turkeys with their poults in the field. A black bear peers into her sitting room window; deer play tag in her front yard.Birdwatching is an integral part of her spring ritual; she records both the return of nesting species and the passing through of migrants. She spends a blustery St. Patrick's Day following a flock of American pipits foraging in her field, discovers and watches an ovenbird nest beside her trail, and counts twenty-three species of wood warblers during one spectacular day in mid-May.Every aspect of the natural world catches her eye, from tthe life cycle of a tent caterpillar to the sex life of a jack-in-the-pulpit. But while she considers her book to ber her own love sone about the place and season on earth she loves most, she also mourns the continual exploitation of the natural earth by humanity for its own often superficial uses. She hopes, by recounting the wonders of the natural world, to convert others to what she calls the "third stage" in humanity's relationship with nature, that of empathy with all of nature for its own sake. "To know the earth better, to grasp a little of its workings, to look on it with awe and wonder as well as with respect, is to want to save it from destruction."
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822971467
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived on a 500-acre mountain-top farm in central Pennsylvania for twenty years. Appalachian Spring is her personal account of that glorious spectacle - the coming of the spring to the woods and fields of Appalachia.The book begins with spring preliminaries in January and February when gray squirrels mate and the great horned owls conduct their courtship rites. Then, with the onset of true spring, the intricacies of the season unravel day by day in journal entries that combine Bonta's own meticulous observations with the research reported by botanists, entomologists, and other natural scientists.She recounts her hours spent watching an active red fox den or observing the drumming of a male ruffed grouse - all without the benefit of a blind. She discovers new-born fawns on the trail and hen turkeys with their poults in the field. A black bear peers into her sitting room window; deer play tag in her front yard.Birdwatching is an integral part of her spring ritual; she records both the return of nesting species and the passing through of migrants. She spends a blustery St. Patrick's Day following a flock of American pipits foraging in her field, discovers and watches an ovenbird nest beside her trail, and counts twenty-three species of wood warblers during one spectacular day in mid-May.Every aspect of the natural world catches her eye, from tthe life cycle of a tent caterpillar to the sex life of a jack-in-the-pulpit. But while she considers her book to ber her own love sone about the place and season on earth she loves most, she also mourns the continual exploitation of the natural earth by humanity for its own often superficial uses. She hopes, by recounting the wonders of the natural world, to convert others to what she calls the "third stage" in humanity's relationship with nature, that of empathy with all of nature for its own sake. "To know the earth better, to grasp a little of its workings, to look on it with awe and wonder as well as with respect, is to want to save it from destruction."
Birds of British Columbia, Volume 3
Author: Wayne Campbell
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844396
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
British Columbia has one of the richest assemblages of bird species in the world. The four volumes of The Birds of British Columbia provide unprecedented coverage of this region's birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns of each of the 472 species of birds. This third volume, covering the first half of the passerines, builds on the authoritative format of the previous bestselling volumes. It contains 89 species, including common ones such as swallows, jays, crows, wrens, thrushes, and starlings. The text is supported by hundreds of full-colour pictures, including unique habitat photographs, detailed distribution maps, and beautiful illustrations of the birds, their nests, eggs, and young. The Birds of British Columbia is a complete reference work for bird-watchers, ornithologists, and naturalists who want in-depth information on the province's regularly occurring and rare birds.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844396
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
British Columbia has one of the richest assemblages of bird species in the world. The four volumes of The Birds of British Columbia provide unprecedented coverage of this region's birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns of each of the 472 species of birds. This third volume, covering the first half of the passerines, builds on the authoritative format of the previous bestselling volumes. It contains 89 species, including common ones such as swallows, jays, crows, wrens, thrushes, and starlings. The text is supported by hundreds of full-colour pictures, including unique habitat photographs, detailed distribution maps, and beautiful illustrations of the birds, their nests, eggs, and young. The Birds of British Columbia is a complete reference work for bird-watchers, ornithologists, and naturalists who want in-depth information on the province's regularly occurring and rare birds.
The Birds of Nebraska
Author: Paul Johnsgard
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 160962128X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This annotated list of the birds of Nebraska grew gradually out of research associated with my writing of the Birds of the Great Plains: Breeding Species and Their Distribution (Johnsgard, 1979a). It expands and updates an earlier version that was published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries DigitalCommons' Zea Books (Johnsgard, 2013a). It has been updated and modified in its current revision to conform with the most recent (2017) major revision of the American Ornithologists' Society's Checklist of North American Birds (Chesser et al., 2017). It has also been modified in its current revision to conform very closely to the most recent "Official List of the Birds of Nebraska" by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (Gubanyi, 1997, and later supplements in the Nebraska Bird Review, to 84:138-150). The NOU's official state list of birds (461 species as of 2017) is based on actual specimen evidence or some other convincing basis of each species' proven occurrence in the state. That list includes 337 "regular" species, 29 "casual" species, 90 "accidental" species, and 5 extinct or extirpated species. In this edition I have classified 368 of the 461 species of Nebraska birds as ranging in relative frequency of occurrence as "abundant" to "rare." There are also 61 species considered to be of "accidental" occurrence, having been reliably reported in Nebraska no more than five times, 20 that are considered "extremely rare" or "very rare," if reported from six to 25 times. There are also three extinct, four extirpated, and five unsuccessfully introduced species. Thirteen hypothetical species of dubious origin or identification are mentioned parenthetically. The text includes more than 123,000 words, nearly 200 literature references, and 19 pages of drawings and maps.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 160962128X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This annotated list of the birds of Nebraska grew gradually out of research associated with my writing of the Birds of the Great Plains: Breeding Species and Their Distribution (Johnsgard, 1979a). It expands and updates an earlier version that was published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries DigitalCommons' Zea Books (Johnsgard, 2013a). It has been updated and modified in its current revision to conform with the most recent (2017) major revision of the American Ornithologists' Society's Checklist of North American Birds (Chesser et al., 2017). It has also been modified in its current revision to conform very closely to the most recent "Official List of the Birds of Nebraska" by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (Gubanyi, 1997, and later supplements in the Nebraska Bird Review, to 84:138-150). The NOU's official state list of birds (461 species as of 2017) is based on actual specimen evidence or some other convincing basis of each species' proven occurrence in the state. That list includes 337 "regular" species, 29 "casual" species, 90 "accidental" species, and 5 extinct or extirpated species. In this edition I have classified 368 of the 461 species of Nebraska birds as ranging in relative frequency of occurrence as "abundant" to "rare." There are also 61 species considered to be of "accidental" occurrence, having been reliably reported in Nebraska no more than five times, 20 that are considered "extremely rare" or "very rare," if reported from six to 25 times. There are also three extinct, four extirpated, and five unsuccessfully introduced species. Thirteen hypothetical species of dubious origin or identification are mentioned parenthetically. The text includes more than 123,000 words, nearly 200 literature references, and 19 pages of drawings and maps.