Author: Mark KittoPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742662013
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
China Cuckoo
Author: Mark KittoPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742662013
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Cuckoo Comes at Harvest
Author: Peggy BickfordPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595180329
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The people of Xingtai were fortunate to have had Peggy Bickford teach them about the English language and American life, just as we are fortunate to have her fine book The Cuckoo Comes at Harvest to educate us about life in the rural town of Xingtai, China. This evenhanded description of a small Chinese town offers an interesting contrast to life in the metropolitan Chinese cities most commonly pictured. Xingtai is typical of places where the masses of Chinese people live and this is how they live. In addition to the lucid text, the 42 illustrations give an intimate view of living and working conditions in contemporary inland China and a sympathetic look at the people. This valuable and worthwhile book is a must for anyone interested in modern China.
Guide to the Birds of China
Author: John MacKinnonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192646982
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
China covers about 7% of the earth's land surface and encompasses a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result, it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. Building on the enormous popularity and reputation of the original A Field Guide to the Birds of China (2000), John MacKinnon's fully updated and refreshed work remains a truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, fully illustrated, and authoritative field guide. 1484 bird species are richly illustrated in 164 annotated colour plates, which are closely integrated with up-to-date colour distribution maps, QR codes providing easy access to birdcalls, IUCN Red List status indicators and new, concise descriptions. These descriptions feature key observations as well as conveying crucial changes to species distributions resulting from climate change and landscape transformation. Guide to the Birds of China will appeal to an international and growing audience of professional and amateur ornithologists and birding enthusiasts, academic researchers and students, wildlife photographers, and conservationists.
The Cuckoo Comes at Harvest
Author: Peggy BickfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9781887224062
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Retired teachers Bob and Peggy Bickford travel to China to teach English.
China Cuckoo
Author: Mark KittoPublisher:
ISBN: 9789881677518
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This is the story of an Englishman who went to China in search of a fortune, and found a life. It is a funny, touching and inspiring tale which gives a very different view of modern day China.
The Hawk-Cuckoo (hierococcyx Sparveroides) in Chinese Tradition and Belief
Author: Lin Ming ChünGuide to the Birds of China
Author: John MacKinnonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192893661
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
China covers about 7% of the earth's land surface and encompasses a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result, it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. Building on the enormous popularity and reputation of the original A Field Guide to the Birds of China (2000), John MacKinnon's fully updated and refreshed work remains a truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, fully illustrated, and authoritative field guide. 1484 bird species are richly illustrated in 164 annotated colour plates, which are closely integrated with up-to-date colour distribution maps, QR codes providing easy access to birdcalls, IUCN Red List status indicators and new, concise descriptions. These descriptions feature key observations as well as conveying crucial changes to species distributions resulting from climate change and landscape transformation. Guide to the Birds of China will appeal to an international and growing audience of professional and amateur ornithologists and birding enthusiasts, academic researchers and students, wildlife photographers, and conservationists.
Birds of China
Author: Liu YangPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691237522
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
"The avifauna of China include a total of close to 1,500 species, of which 60 are endemic. More than 100 species are globally threatened. This new field guide, published in China by Chinese National Geography, treats all species, illustrating every one using 4,000 individual images. Each species has identification text and a distribution map. It is, in every way, a modern-style field guide and will fill a void for birders within and outside China"--
The Cuckoos
Author: Robert B. PaynePublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191513558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The cuckoos are the most variable birds in social behavior and parental care: a few cuckoos are among the most social of all birds and rear their young in a common nest; most cuckoos are caring parents that rear their own young with some females laying a few eggs in the nests of others; while many cuckoo species are brood parasites who leave their eggs in the nests of other birds to rear, with their young maturing to kill their foster nestmates. In The Cuckoos, Robert B. Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses the family tree to explore the origins and diversity of their behaviour. He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates and numerous maps, halftones, and line drawings, The Cuckoos provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of this family yet available.
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