Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
Language: English
Published by Reader's Digest Services, 1979
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since March 19, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 44.95
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A small piece missing to dustjacket at bottom of spine, with some light edgewear. With 100s of color photos on oversize pages. Includes an incidence map for every bird. Describes and illustrates bird species recorded from Australia, mostly at one species per page, using photographs sourced from the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. The distinctive, mainly blue, cover features a photograph of a pair of olive-backed sunbirds. Before the individual species accounts which fill most of the book there is a foreword by Alec H. Chisholm and sections on ?Where birds live? and ?Naming and identifying birds?, while following the species accounts are chapters on ?Rare visitors, escaped captives and unsuccessful introductions?, ?Classification by order and family?, ?Behaviour that distinguishes species? by Ian Rowley, ?Migrants and nomads? and ?How birds' numbers are regulated? by H.J. Frith, ?Birds of prehistoric Australia? by G.F. van Tets, and ?The mysterious origins of Australian birds? by Richard Schodde, before the indexes and acknowledgments.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
- Author
- Frith, H. J. (Editor)
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest Services
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0909486638
- ISBN 13
- 9780909486631
- Edition
- 2nd Edition.
- Item weight
- 108 ounces
- Dimensions
- 0x0x0
- Seller catalogs
- Birds
Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 19, 2001
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