Birds In The Calendar - Couverture souple

Aflalo, Frederick G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406722502 ISBN 13 : 9781406722505

Editeur : Read Books, 2007

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As birds are to be considered throughout these pages from any standpoint but that of sport, much that is of interest in connection with a bird essentially the sportsman must necessarily be omitted. At the same time, although this gorgeous creature, the chief attraction of social gatherings throughout the whiter months, appeals chiefly to the men who shoot and eat it, it is not uninteresting to the naturalist with opportunities for studying its habits under conditions more favorable than those encountered when in pursuit of it with a gun. In the first place, with the probable exception of the swan, of which something is said on a later page, the pheasant stands alone among the birds of our woodlands in its personal interest for the historian. It is not, in fact, a British bird, save by acclimation, at all, and is generally regarded as a legacy of the Romans. The time and manner of its introduction into Britain are, it is true, veiled in obscurity.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Birds in the Calendar By Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo. Delightful sketches of British wild birds – a bird for every month of the year from the pheasant in January to the robin in December. This collection of articles, reprinted in book form from the periodical The Outlook, is full of fascinating information about bird behaviour and habitat, as well as many interesting anecdotes. Out of date in some respects, particularly in its reference to the (now illegal) collecting of birds’ eggs, this book brings home forcefully how the populations of some British wild birds have declined since it was written.(Summary by Ruth Golding)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406722502
• ISBN 13: 9781406722505
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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