Download or read book RARE VANISHING AUSTRALIAN BIRDS written by Pat Slater and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rare and Vanishing Australian Birds written by Peter Slater and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vanishing Birds written by Tim Halliday and published by Sidgwick & Jackson Limited. This book was released on 1978 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum Sydney N S W written by Edward Pierson Ramsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum, Sydney, N. S. W: Parts 1 and 2, Accipitres and Striges The total number examined of specimens belonging to this group (diurnal Birds of Prey) amounted to over 250, of which mo, comprising 26 species, are in the Museum collection and for this ample display we are chiefly indebted to the exertions of our talented late Collector and Assistant Curator, Mr. George Masters, now in charge of the Macleay Collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney N S W written by Edward Pierson Ramsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum, at Sydney, N. S. W: Picariæ, Suborder Halcyones I have much pleasure in acknowledging the care and assiduity bestowed by my Assistant, Mr. A. J. North, in the preparation of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Some Useful Australian Birds Classic Reprint written by Walter Wilson Froggatt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Useful Australian Birds It was a very long time, however, before the many Australian Game Acts were framed to include anything but game birds, which were protected by a close season during the time they were nesting. The value or beauty of insectivorous or harmless birds was not considered; the acts were simply game acts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Tabular List of All the Australian Birds at Present Known to the Author written by E. P. Ramsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tabular List of All the Australian Birds at Present Known to the Author: Showing the Distribution of the Species Over the Continent of Australia and Adjacent Islands Derby, a new settlement on the North West Coast of Australia. The collections were made from the coast to about 100 miles inland. Many of the species are identical with those found in the northern portion of the Interior Province near the Gulf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book John Gould s Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia written by Sue Taylor and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2012 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1838, John Gould, the 'father of Australian ornithology' visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes (1848), and the accompanying Supplement (1869), Gould named, for the first time, no fewer than 32 Australian bird species. Gould's words about the Norfolk Island Kaka were prophetic-the last bird of its kind died in a cage in London in 1851. Since then, a number of other species illustrated in The Birds of Australia have become extinct and others are now facing extinction. John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia features 59 plates of birds from Gould's eight-volume work, birds that today are threatened or that no longer exist. Featuring exquisite full-colour lithographs reproduced from the National Library of Australia's copy of The Birds of Australia, this book gives an insight into the history of each bird's European discovery, as well as its subsequent fortunes or misfortunes.
Download or read book Where Song Began written by Tim Low and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim Low, award-winning author of Feral Future, in an eye-opening book on the unique nature of Australian birds and their role in ecology and global evolution. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are long-lived. They're also ecologically more powerful, exerting more influences on forests than other birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds did not keep to Australia; they spread around the globe. Australia provided the world with its songbirds and parrots, the most intelligent of all bird groups. It was thought in Darwin's time that species generated in the Southern Hemisphere could not succeed in the Northern, an idea that was proven wrong in respect of birds in the 1980s but not properly accepted by the world's scientists until 2004 - because, says Tim Low, most ornithologists live in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, few Australians are aware of the ramifications, something which prompted the writing of this book. Tim Low has a rare gift for illuminating complex ideas in highly readable prose, and making of the whole a dynamic story. Here he brilliantly explains how our birds came to be so extraordinary, including the large role played by the foods they consume (birds, too, are what they eat), and by our climate, soil, fire, and Australia's legacy as a part of Gondwana. The story of its birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of Australia itself, and one that continues to unfold, so much having changed in the last decade about what we know of our ancient past. Where Song Began also shines a light on New Guinea as a biological region of Australia, as much a part of the continent as Tasmania. This is a work that goes far beyond the birds themselves to explore the relationships between Australia's birds and its people, and the ways in which scientific prejudice have hindered our understanding. 'Tim Low is the rare author who is able to turn complex and sophisticated research into a form digestible to the general reader without ''dumbing down'' the science . . . A brilliantly readable book that not only gives Australian birds recognition long overdue, but allows for a fresh understanding of the way the world (and particularly our island continent) functions.' Sean Dooley, Sydney Morning Herald 'Low has written a book that is highly informative, but also most readable. Twitchers everywhere will rejoice, but there is also much here that ordinary readers will enjoy. Where Song Began teaches us all a huge amount about our birds - not least that we should be very proud of them. Thoroughly recommended.' Lucy Sussex, Sunday Age 'Stuffed with the fruits of long experience, wide travels (is there anywhere Tim Low hasn't been?) and deep research.' The Saturday Paper 'Esteemed Australian biologist Tim Low tells the incredible story of the origins of global bird life . . . And this story is exciting: ambitious in scope and filled with daring reconstructions of the past, Low's provocative study turns a number of evolutionary assumptions on their heads . . . Low's book will sensitise readers to their bird-filled environments and inject critical insights into ecological pasts and futures.' Lucy Van, Readings Monthly 'If you have an interest in natural history and the environment, read this book and you won't look at Australia in quite the same way again . . . Crammed with intriguing facts and ideas . . . A serious feat of synthesis that few bird observers or natural historians, let alone few authors, would have the knowledge, experience, time or access to academic resources to pull together.'
Download or read book Australian Birds written by Robin Hill and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia Land of Birds written by Donald Trounson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Field Guide to Australian Birds Non passerines written by Peter Slater and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Australian Bird Book written by Leach John Albert and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This convenient field guide to Australian birds features detailed descriptions and illustrations of over 500 species, as well as information on their habitats, behavior, and conservation status. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Birds of Australia written by Gregory Macalister Mathews and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Birds written by Marion Petrie and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Night Parrot written by Penny Olsen and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
Download or read book Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds written by Archibald James Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds: Including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds: Including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon was written by Archibald James Campbell in 1901. This is a 706 page book, containing 266337 words and 74 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
