Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names And The People They Commemorate - Couverture souple

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael

 
9780300103595: Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names And The People They Commemorate
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 030010359X ISBN 13 : 9780300103595
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Is Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon Bonaparte? Is the Pallas' Sandgrouse named for the same individual as the Pallas' Warbler? This entertaining book provides for the first time a mini-biography of every person after whom a bird has been named in the English vernacular-some 1,400 individuals. Featuring 150 illustrations, Whose Bird? is arranged in the style of an encyclopedia with entries indexed both by relevant individual and by bird. The book concentrates on the people-heroes, romantics, fanatics, and many others. Entries explain who the people were, when and where they traveled, what else they did and were famous for, with whom they were connected, what they wrote and published, and how birds came to be named after them. Filled with fascinating stories about the lives and times of naturalists over the centuries, this accessible reference volume will intrigue readers at every level of interest in ornithology.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030010359X
ISBN 13 
9780300103595
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
402
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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