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A History of Ornithology (The New Naturalist Library Number 104)
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Peter Bircham currently works in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, and is also a part-time tutor in ornithology. He has researched and published two books and numerous academic papers.
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'Bircham has found for himself a distinctive ecological niche by dwelling on the evolving science, rather than ornithology as social process or field activity ! he has produced a thorough and valuable contribution to the field' Mark Cocker, The Guardian 'A very good reference book and a fascinating read.' BTO News 'This book has set a benchmark for future histories on this subject, though I'm guessing that there won't be many books that come along in the near future that offer a serious alternative to this extremely well-balanced and studious work.' Birdwatch A 'well-researched and fascinating book ! Bircham has done a fine job.' BBC Wildlife Magazine 'A joy to read ! scholars will be using it for many years to come.' British Birds
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- PublisherHarpercollins Pub Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0007199694
- ISBN 13 9780007199693
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- Number of pages482
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Illustrated, pp xii, 482, octavo, an excellent copy in dustwrapper. [Today the RSPB has over one million members, reflecting the huge interest in birdwatching as a hobby. Over the years the growth in amateur birdwatchers has contributed enormously to our understanding of bird life, behaviour and populations. But what did we know about birds a thousand years ago and how has our understanding developed? Which species did we recognise, and when did people begin to record their sightings? Peter Bircham looks at the history of British ornithology from 1066 to the mid-1970s, exploring along the way the first bird book, the first British lists, the collectors, the first studies of migration, changes to the classification of species, the birth of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1858, to our current understanding of ornithology in Britain today. Peter has written an extremely authoritative and engrossing account, full of fascinating stories and extracts from poems and journals, which should appeal to the wider birding community as well as the New Naturalist audience.]. Seller Inventory # 006464
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. pp. xii, 482. Colour plates and diagrams throughout.[Collecting the New Naturalists NN104A] , New condition. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 036259
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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 223mm). Ppxii,482,ii. Colour and b/w photographs, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. New unread copy in dust-wrapper, in publisher's original shrink-wrap. Peter Bircham offers a very thorough history of our understanding of birds. "What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? Which species did we first recognise, when did people begin to record their sightings, and how were the puzzles of bird behaviour and ecology gradually? [This book] offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every nature lover's bookshelf." Chapters include:- Up to the sixteenth century; The first bird book; The first British list; The Willughby / Ray Ornithology and other seventeenth-century works; The Systema naturae: dawn of a new age; The first ornithological ecologists: White, Jenner and Blackwall; Early studies of migration: Legg, Jenner and others; A dictionary and two histories; The artists and their avifaunas; Alfred Newton and the founding of the British Ornithologists' Union; Theories of classification, the National Collection and the Catalogue of Birds; The twentieth century: winds of change; Recording the avifauna of Britain; Migration: the scientific studies begin; Plumage, cages, eggs and shooting: the history of bird protection; Behavioural and ecological studies; After the war; Post-war ornithological research; The British List and problems with fraud; New slants on old problems. Ornithological art is also covered in some detail, beginning with mediaeval illuminated manuscripts and working up to the great artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A terrifically good book, solidly in the tradition of the New Naturalist series. Number 104 in the New Naturalist series. . Seller Inventory # 22765
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