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Author Henderson, Carrol L.

Title Oology and Ralph's talking eggs : bird conservation comes out of its shell / Carrol L. Henderson.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  598 HENDERSON    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 177 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Series Mildred Wyatt-Wold series in ornithology
Mildred Wyatt-Wold series in ornithology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index.
Contents Foreword / Noble S. Proctor -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The house of the talking eggs -- 2. The heyday of oology : 1880-1918 -- 3. In the beginning -- 4. Early exits from the land : these birds were among the first to go -- 5. Wild bird eggs -- 6. The Handsaker egg collection : Ralph's talking eggs -- 7. One hundred years later -- 8. Scientific value of eggs and egg collections -- Epilogue -- Species identification for eggs in photos -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Handsaker, Ralph, 1886-1969 -- Natural history collections.
Birds -- Eggs -- Collectors and collecting.
Birds -- Eggs -- Catalogs and collections.
Peabody Museum of Natural History -- Natural history collections.
ISBN 9780292714519 alkaline paper
0292714513 alkaline paper
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