Wing-Tips - The Identification of Birds in Flight - Couverture souple

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9781447422693: Wing-Tips - The Identification of Birds in Flight
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1447422694 ISBN 13 : 9781447422693
Editeur : Hamlin Press, 2015

Synopsis

This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly. This book is intended principally for the ordinary bird-lovers who, without being ornithologists, are interested in bird life and look with wonder at birds in flight wishing to know more of how they fly and why their flight differs so much from species to species. The perfect handbook for amateur bird-watchers, 'Wing-Tips' constitutes a great addition to any collection of ornithological literature. The chapters contained herein include: 'The Skeleton', 'The Sternum or Breastbone', 'The Bones of the Wings', 'Muscles', 'The Feathered Wing', 'Tails', 'Flight', 'Different Shapes of Wing', 'Rising', 'Landing', 'Gliding', 'Hovering Flight', 'Birds of Prey', 'The Owls', 'Ducks', 'Waders', 'Migration and Wing Formation', 'Snipe', 'Crows', and 'Pelicans'. This text was originally published in 1947 and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on ornithology.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly. This book is intended principally for the ordinary bird-lovers who, without being ornithologists, are interested in bird life and look with wonder at birds in flight wishing to know more of how they fly and why their flight differs so much from species to species. The perfect handbook for amateur bird-watchers, 'Wing-Tips' constitutes a great addition to any collection of ornithological literature. The chapters contained herein include: 'The Skeleton', 'The Sternum or Breastbone', 'The Bones of the Wings', 'Muscles', 'The Feathered Wing', 'Tails', 'Flight', 'Different Shapes of Wing', 'Rising', 'Landing', 'Gliding', 'Hovering Flight', 'Birds of Prey', 'The Owls', 'Ducks', 'Waders', 'Migration and Wing Formation', 'Snipe', 'Crows', and 'Pelicans'. This text was originally published in 1947 and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on ornithology.

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Éditeur
Hamlin Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1447422694
ISBN 13 
9781447422693
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
70
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781135285982: WING-TIPS: THE IDENTIFICATION OF BIRDS IN FLIGHT.

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1135285985 ISBN 13 :  9781135285982
Editeur : Adam & Charles Black, 1947
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