THE WORLD ATLAS OF BIRDS edited by Martin Bramwell
"The most beautiful, informative and stimulating bird book with which I have ever been associated."
This is Sir Peter Scott's view of this remarkable volume. It is a colourful, exciting excursion into the complex and intriguing world of the birds. Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding authorities on ornithology, illustrated with more than 500 original full colour portraits, 270 line drawings, and 167 maps and diagrams, The World Atlas of Birds offers a fresh look at what birds are, how they live, and what lies behind their extraordinary success in coming to terms with virtually every habitat available to our planet, from polar regions to equatorial rainforests, mountain-tops to the open sea.
The World Atlas of Birds selects more than five hundred species of birds and examines them in depth, region by region, choosing each one to illustrate a particular facet of bird-life-a hunting technique or physical specialization, courtship behaviour or feeding habit. More than fifty boxed topics look at unusual aspects of bird behaviour such as techniques of nest-building, the relationships between adults and young, and the strange links that can exist between birds and animals.
In addition, the introductory chapter probes such general subjects as evolution, physiology, flight, and the mystery of migration; a glossary and catalogue of scientific and common names is preceded by a unique section containing a full descriptive classification explaining the relationships and characteristics of the world's 155 bird families; and a complete index to the text and illustrations concludes the book.
1982 Hardcover
ISBN: 0 86134 044 2
Condition: Very Good (Dustcover has been repaired)
FB (Birds)
"The most beautiful, informative and stimulating bird book with which I have ever been associated."
This is Sir Peter Scott's view of this remarkable volume. It is a colourful, exciting excursion into the complex and intriguing world of the birds. Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding authorities on ornithology, illustrated with more than 500 original full colour portraits, 270 line drawings, and 167 maps and diagrams, The World Atlas of Birds offers a fresh look at what birds are, how they live, and what lies behind their extraordinary success in coming to terms with virtually every habitat available to our planet, from polar regions to equatorial rainforests, mountain-tops to the open sea.
The World Atlas of Birds selects more than five hundred species of birds and examines them in depth, region by region, choosing each one to illustrate a particular facet of bird-life-a hunting technique or physical specialization, courtship behaviour or feeding habit. More than fifty boxed topics look at unusual aspects of bird behaviour such as techniques of nest-building, the relationships between adults and young, and the strange links that can exist between birds and animals.
In addition, the introductory chapter probes such general subjects as evolution, physiology, flight, and the mystery of migration; a glossary and catalogue of scientific and common names is preceded by a unique section containing a full descriptive classification explaining the relationships and characteristics of the world's 155 bird families; and a complete index to the text and illustrations concludes the book.
1982 Hardcover
ISBN: 0 86134 044 2
Condition: Very Good (Dustcover has been repaired)
FB (Birds)
"The most beautiful, informative and stimulating bird book with which I have ever been associated."
This is Sir Peter Scott's view of this remarkable volume. It is a colourful, exciting excursion into the complex and intriguing world of the birds. Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding authorities on ornithology, illustrated with more than 500 original full colour portraits, 270 line drawings, and 167 maps and diagrams, The World Atlas of Birds offers a fresh look at what birds are, how they live, and what lies behind their extraordinary success in coming to terms with virtually every habitat available to our planet, from polar regions to equatorial rainforests, mountain-tops to the open sea.
The World Atlas of Birds selects more than five hundred species of birds and examines them in depth, region by region, choosing each one to illustrate a particular facet of bird-life-a hunting technique or physical specialization, courtship behaviour or feeding habit. More than fifty boxed topics look at unusual aspects of bird behaviour such as techniques of nest-building, the relationships between adults and young, and the strange links that can exist between birds and animals.
In addition, the introductory chapter probes such general subjects as evolution, physiology, flight, and the mystery of migration; a glossary and catalogue of scientific and common names is preceded by a unique section containing a full descriptive classification explaining the relationships and characteristics of the world's 155 bird families; and a complete index to the text and illustrations concludes the book.
1982 Hardcover
ISBN: 0 86134 044 2
Condition: Very Good (Dustcover has been repaired)
FB (Birds)