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Birds : their life, their ways, their world Cover Image Book

Birds : their life, their ways, their world / illustrations by Ad Cameron ; [text author, Christopher Perrins ; consultant editor, C.J.O. Harrison].

Perrins, Christopher M., (author.). Perrins, Christopher M., (author.). Cameron, Ad, 1939- (illustrator.). Harrison, Colin James Oliver, (editor.). Reader's Digest Association. (Added Author).

Summary:

This book introduces you to hundreds of intriguing creatures--birds of all kinds, their feeding, mating and flying habits.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0895770652
  • ISBN: 9780895770653
  • Physical Description: 411 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, 1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Comprises 2 previously published works: Birds--their life, their ways, their world published in 1976 and Bird families of the world published in 1978.
Includes index.
Publisher and paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Evolution and classification -- Anatomy, locomotion and behaviour -- Feeding -- Habitats -- Social behavior -- Breeding -- Migration -- Bird populations -- Bird study -- Bird families of the world. Archaeopterygiformes -- Hesperornithiformes -- Ichthyornithiformes -- Struthioniformes -- Rheiformes -- Casuariiformes -- Aepyornithiformes -- Dinornithiformes -- Apterygiformes -- Tinamiformes -- Sphenischiformes -- Gaviiformes -- Podicipitiformes -- Procellariiformes -- Odontopterygiformes -- Pelecaniformes -- Ciconiiformes -- Anseriformes -- Falconiformes -- Galliformes -- Diatrymiformes -- Gruiformes -- Charadriiformes -- Columbiformes -- Psittaciformes -- Cuculiformes -- Strigiformes -- Caprimulgiformes -- Apodiformes -- Coliiformes -- Trogoniformes -- Coraciiformes -- Piciformes -- Passeriformes -- Index.

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