A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names

James A. Jobling

ISBN 10: 0198546343 / ISBN 13: 9780198546344

Published by Oxford University Press, 1991

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Condition Notes: Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titling at the spine) Physically 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); (xxiv) 272pp; Bibliography; Illustrated by Richard Fowling; Cover art by Anne Hopkinson; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Drawings; ISBN: 0198546343 || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #175531|| Condition: Seller Inventory # 175531

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.

Illustrator: Richard Fowling

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Containing over 8,500 entries, A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names is the first book to explain the derivation and meaning of all valid scientific bird names. This valuable reference defines each name part separately to avoid the confusion of future revisions--a name like Passer domesticus will only be found as the separate entries Passer (sparrow) and domesticus (domestic). Other entries provide fascinating details and helpful information. We learn, for example, that lewis is derived from explorer Meriwether Lewis, and decussatus indicates that a bird is marked with X-shaped crosses. And an informative introduction discusses the ways in which birds have been named for their appearance, for a person or place, or some aspect of their habitat, food, or voice.
With a full bibliography and extensive cross-references, A Dictionary of Bird Names will find a permanent place on any bird-lover's shelf.

About the Author:

About the Author:
James A. Jobling is a member of various ornithologists' unions and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.