| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
vii, 512 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 483) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Identifying birds ; Coverage ; Group accounts ; Species accounts ; Natural history of birds ; How to identify birds ; Conservation and ethics -- Waterfowl -- Upland game birds -- Loons -- Grebes -- Pelicans and allies -- Herons, ibises & spoonbills, and storks -- Flamingos -- New World vultures, hawks, and falcons -- Rails, Limpkin, and cranes -- Plovers -- Oystercatchers, stilts & avocets, and jacanas -- Sandpipers & phalaropes -- Gulls, terns, and skimmers -- Skuas & jaegers -- Auks, murres, and puffins -- Pigeons & doves -- Parrots & parakeets -- Cuckoos & allies -- Owls and nightjars -- Swifts and hummingbirds -- Trogons and kingfishers -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Jays & crows -- Larks -- Swallows -- Chickadees, verdin, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, and creepers -- Wrens and dippers -- Bulbuls -- Kinglets and Old World warblers & gnatcatchers -- Thrushes -- Babblers -- Mimic-thrushes and starlings & mynas -- Wagtails & pipits -- Waxwings and silky-flycatchers -- Olive warbler and wood-warblers -- Tanagers -- Sparrows & allies -- Buntings & allies -- Blackbirds & allies -- Finches -- Weaver-finches. |
| Subject |
Birds -- North America.
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| Added Author |
Hess, Paul, 1940-
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Scott, George.
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| ISBN |
9780061120404 |
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0061120405 |
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