Download or read book Sunbirds written by Clive F. Mann and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunbirds is the first book since the 19th Century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters - the Nectarinidae. It also includes the allied families of flowerpeckers and sugarbirds; a total of 176 species is described and illustrated. The book has been designed to help readers identify all of these species and also their various subspecies, the most distinctive of which are illustrated as well as described. Each species account provides a distribution map, a summary of identification criteria and a description of how the species differs from similar ones. The calls and songs, habitat, geographical distribution, status, movements, food (including a list of known food plants), habits, and breeding biology are also described. Finally, a full description of the species and salient features of each subspecies is given, together with measurements and references. Sunbirds not only aids identification, it provides a wealth of information on the ecology and behaviour of these birds. The authors have carried out extensive fieldwork in Asia and Africa. They have also studied skins, nests and eggs held by museums, analysed tape recordings and critically reviewed the vast amount of material contained in books and scientific journals. The superb plates would not have been possible without the exhaustive study of specimens which, together with the use of photographs of living birds, has resulted in the artist, Richard Allen, capturing the essence of the birds, their 'jizz', and accurately portraying the beautiful, bright, often iridescent, plumages of these spectacular families.
Download or read book Cuckoos of the World written by Johannes Erritzøe and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE BIRDWATCH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, looks in detail at the world's cuckoos, couas and anis - it is the ultimate reference to the cuckoos of the world. Famed as brood-parasites of other birds, the cuckoos include a diverse range of species, from the roadrunners of North America to the spectacular malkohas of southern Asia. This book discusses the biology and identification of these birds on a species-by-species basis, bringing together the very latest research with accurate range maps, more than 600 stunning colour photographs that illuminate age and racial plumage differences, and 36 superb plates by a team of internationally renowned artists.
Download or read book Pigeons and Doves written by David Gibbs and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family. Pigeons and doves are a large family of birds occurring throughout the world. Many species are specialist frugivores, while others feed on seeds. Most are arboral and the tropical species in particular are often brightly coloured. The family includes gregarious migratory species, as well as shy, ground-dwelling forms such as the exotic crowned pigeons of New Guinea.
Download or read book Bulletin of the Raffles Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal on Zoology of the Indo Australian Archipelago written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zoologische Verhandelingen written by Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Birds of the Thai Malay Peninsula Vol 2 written by David R. Wells and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-illustrated volume covers the passerines of Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and the tip of Tenasserim (Burma) with their associated island archipelagos. David Wells' historically complete accounts draw on a full range of recent field and museum research. Over 380 species are described, including topics such as systematics, distribution, plumage, biometrics, status, habitat, food and foraging, voice, behaviour, breeding biology, moult and conservation. Along with an accompanying volume, on nonpasserine species, it brings together the most complete modern summery of field survey work and other research on all the birds found in the peninsula.
Download or read book The Birds of the Natuna Islands written by Harry Church Oberholser and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ornithological knowledge of the Natuna Islands dates from 1893 when collected A. Everett visited the group and made a first collection of birds. This present report is based primarily on the 205 specimens collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott between May 23 and August 13, 1900 for the United States National Museum.
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Download or read book The Sarawak Museum Journal written by Sarawak Museum and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Empire Society Formerly Royal Colonial Institute written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Novitates Zoologicae written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Departmental Reports of the Straits Settlements written by Straits Settlements and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extinct Birds written by Julian P. Hume and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
Download or read book Museums Journal written by Elijah Howarth and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
