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Description: |
xix, pages, 1 leaf, 426 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
"Suggested reading" at end of most of the chapters. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The living bird. The history of birds ; The classification of birds ; The distribution of birds : zoological regions, provinces and life zones ; Bird communities : birds of the woods and woodland borders ; Birds of the orchards and fields ; Birds of the marshes and shores ; The migration of birds ; The courtship of birds ; The home-life of birds ; The adaptations of birds ; Plumage coloration and plumage change ; Birds in their relations to man -- Methods of bird study. Bird walks, bird calendars and bird banding ; Methods of attracting birds ; Birds' nests : how to find and identify them ; Observation blinds and bird photography ; Learning bird songs ; Birds as pets ; Outline for intensive study of a species. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Contains nearly three hundred illustrations and photographs documenting bird life by location; a section on the study of birds is also included. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964. Book of bird life. New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, inc. [©1930] (OCoLC)595766971 |
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Online version: Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964. Book of bird life. New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, inc. [©1930] (OCoLC)609222332 |