Download or read book The Natural History of Magpies written by Jean Myron Linsdale and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Magpies The Ecology and Behaviour of Black Billed and Yellow Billed Magpies written by Tim Birkhead and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two species of magpie feature in this book, the Black-billed Magpie, familiar to most Europeans, which occurs throughout much of the northern hemisphere, and the Yellow-billed Magpie, which is confined to California. Magpies are unmistakable in their appearance, voice and extrovert, arrogant manner. While their persecution at the hands of gamekeepers over the last hundred years has made them wary and difficult to approach, a number of recent field studies, both in Europe and North America, have successfully revealed the intricacies of the magpie way of life. Tim Birkhead has studied both species, and has produced a fascinating account of their ecology and behaviour. Many of the results from his ten-year study of magpies in northern England are published here for the first time. Particularly revealing however is his comparison of the two species and of their different races. Magpies occur in a wide range of habitats, including English farmland, the deserts of North America, the mountains of Saudi Arabia and the windswept plateaus of Tibet. As this book explains, magpies are able to exploit this diversity of habitats largely through their remarkably flexible social behaviour. The Magpies covers all aspects of their lives, including their marital relationships, food hoarding behaviour, longevity and survival, nesting behaviour, breeding success and their controversial relationship with man. The text is supported by numerous photographs, diagrams and tables, and superb illustrations by David Quinn.
Download or read book The Natural History of Magpies By Jean M Linsdale written by Jean Myron Linsdale and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Natural History of Birds written by George Louis LE CLERC (Count de Buffon.) and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Natural History of Selborne written by Gilbert White and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Natural History of Birds written by Comte de Buffon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive accounts of eighteenth-century ornithology, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793.
Download or read book The Natural History of Ireland written by William Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book Australian Magpie written by Gisela T. Kaplan and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together everything we know about the biology and behaviour of this unusual species.
Download or read book The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains 1819 1820 written by Howard Ensign Evans and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his role as botanist, collecting a multitude of plant specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new.
Download or read book The Magpie s Nest written by Taffy Thomas and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From crowded train stations to quiet woods, and from city centres to our own back gardens, birds remind us that nature is everywhere. As children we are fascinated by these magical flying creatures that live amongst us, and as adults we have a fondness for our feathered friends. Numerous books about different habitats and markings exists to help us find and identify birds, but for the first time one of Britain's finest storytellers has gathered together the best folk tales about birds. Suitable for all ages and charmingly illustrated by Lakeland artist Becca Hall, this is an essential collection of stories for all who love the natural world.
Download or read book Harmsworth Natural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Natural History written by John George Wood and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cassell s Natural History The Feathered Tribes written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Natural History of Selborne A New Edition with Notes by Edward Blyth To which is Added a Description of the Village and Neighbourhood by Robert Mudie written by Gilbert White and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Natural History of Pompeii written by Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-19 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden destruction of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding Campanian countryside following the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved the remarkable evidence that has made possible this reconstruction of the natural history of the local environment. Following the prototype of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, various aspects of the natural history of Pompeii are discussed and analyzed by a team of eminent scientists, many of whom have collaborated with Jashemski during her years of excavation of several gardens in the Vesuvian area. This volume brings together the work of geologists, soil specialists, paleobotanists, botanists, palaeontologists, biologists, chemists, dendrochronologists, ichthyologists, zoologists, ornithologists, mammalogists, herpetologists, entymologists, and archaeologists, affording a thorough picture of the landscape, flora, and fauna of the ancient sites. The detailed and rigorously scientific catalogues, which are copiously illustrated, provide a checklist of the flora and fauna upon which future generations of scholars can continue to build.
Download or read book A Charm of Magpies written by Daniel Allen and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science Magpie is Simon Flynn's bestselling collection of enthralling facts, stories, poems and more from science's history, from the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton. With Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum as your guide, go in search of stolen masterpieces, explore the first museums, learn the secrets of the forgers and brush up on your auction technique with The Antiques Magpie . And with acclaimed nature writer Daniel Allen, join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet and discover which plants can be used to predict the weather in The Nature Magpie .
Download or read book The Nature Magpie written by Daniel Allen and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of anecdotes, facts, figures, folklore and literature, The Nature Magpie is a veritable treasure trove of humanity's thoughts and feelings about nature. With acclaimed nature writer Daniel Allen as your guide, join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet, choose your side – pineapple or durian – in the great 'king of fruits' debate and discover which plants can be used to predict the weather. Meet the roadkill connoisseurs, learn to dance the Hippopotamus Polka, find out the likelihood of sharing your name with a hurricane – and much more.
