Author: Oliver DaviePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
An Egg Check List of North American Birds
Author: Oliver DavieA List of the Publications of the United States National Museum (1875-1900)
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Bulletin of the United States National Museum
Author: Proceedings of the United States National Museum
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
The Naturalist's Manual. Containing Descriptions of the Nests and Eggs of North American Birds. (Turididae-Tanagridae.) Also, Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Birds, Nests, Eggs & Insects
Author: Oliver DaviePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385433681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest
Author: James SandrockPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609382609
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The translation and explanation of genus and species names yield markers to help us identify birds in the field as well as remember distinctive traits. Having a basic understanding of the scientific and common names of birds reveals insights into their color, behavior, habitat, or geography. Knowing that Cyanocitta means “blue chatterer” and cristata means “crested, tufted” or that Anas means “a duck” and clypeata means “armed with a shield” tells you just about everything you need to identify a Blue Jay or a Northern Shoveler. In this portable reference book, James Sandrock and Jean Prior explain the science and history behind the names of some 450 birds of the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Since many of these birds occur throughout the United States, this handbook can also be used by birders in other parts of the country. The authors examine the roots, stems, and construction of scientific names from their classical Latin and Greek or other linguistic origins. The translations of these words and insights into their sources yield quirky, tantalizing facts about the people, geography, habitat, and mythology behind bird names. Each entry also includes the bird’s common name as well as local or regional names. Beginning birders confused by scientific names as well as more experienced birders curious about such names will find that the book opens unexpected connections into linguistic, historical, biological, artistic, biographical, and even aesthetic realms. Highlighting the obvious and not-so-obvious links between birds and language, this practical guide continues a long scholarly tradition of such books by and for those afoot in the field. Whether you are hiking with binoculars or watching a backyard bird feeder or reading at home, The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest will greatly enhance your appreciation of birds.
Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum
Author: Smithsonian InstitutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Catalogue of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Frank Wigglesworth ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atomic weights
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Catalogue of the North American Natural History Library of John Lewis Childs
Author: John Lewis ChildsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Author: