| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 349 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Col. maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Black Dragon River -- On the Daurian Steppe -- Gujarat and Rajasthan -- At the end of Tibet -- In the Nine Rivers -- Hokkaido -- Accidental paradise -- Outback -- Equatoria, Ngorongoro, Okavango, and Transvaal -- Down the edges of the distant sky-- Sadness of marshes -- Grus Americana -- Evolution and radiation of the cranes. |
| Subject |
Cranes (Birds)
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Endangered species.
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| Added Author |
Bateman, Robert, 1930-
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| ISBN |
0374199442 hardcover alkaline paper |
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