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.
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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.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.22. Codice articolo G0198546343I3N00
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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.22. Codice articolo G0198546343I2N00
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Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+ DW. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). Reprint. Black cloth, gilt. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Glossy colour illustrated dustwrapper. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Codice articolo kb191.291
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Condizione: Very good. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). xxix, 272, text drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w. . [9780198546344]. Codice articolo S28591
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Fowling, Richard (illustratore). A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD FOWLING AND THE AUTHOR. Codice articolo 37505
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Fine. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). First edition. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 272pp. Jacket painting by Anne Hopkinson, nice line drawings in text by Richard Fowling. Defines 8500 Latin names of birds, often with contextual & historical information, and a useful introduction on names and classification: by no means a dry catalogue. Fine in Fine protected jacket. Codice articolo 27816
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Condizione: Very good. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). xxix, 272, text drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Nicholas Gould (1941-2014), former editor of 'International Zoo News', with his book-plate to endpaper. . [9780198546344]. Codice articolo S32622
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Fowling, Richard (illustratore). 1st Edition. This Dictionary gives the derivation and meaning of all valid scientific bird names. Each part of the name is defined separately so that Passer domesticus, for example, will not be found as such, but both Passer and domesticus are explained in their respective alphabetical places. About 8500 names are defined, including a selection of historical synonyms. There is light spotting to the top of the text block, and the D/W has a small hole on the spine fold and damage to edge of spine Otherwise a clean, tight copy. Codice articolo 03363
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