A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador: Peterson Field Guides book by Roger Tory Peterson, Edward Chalif

Roger Tory Peterson, Edward Chalif

ISBN 10: 0395483549 / ISBN 13: 9780395483541

Edité par Houghton Mifflin, 1988

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> IN 1934 my first Field Guide was published, covering the birds east of the 100th meridian in North America. This book was de-signed so that live birds could be run down by their field marks without resorting to the technical details and measurements em-ployed by the old-time collector and systematist. The "Peterson System," as it is now called, is based on patternistic drawings that indicate the key field marks with arrows. These and the compari sons between similar species are the core of the system. This prac tical method-visual but not always phylogenetic - has enjoyed universal acceptance, not only in North America but also in Europe, where Field Guides now exist in twelve languages. Some years ago, in 1940, just about the time I had put the first edition of A Field Guide to Western Birds in my publisher's hands, Edward Chalif, who had birded with me in the West, sug-gested that a Mexican Field Guide was much needed; why not do one together? He had already probed the delights of the neotropi cal avifauna - I ha.

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• Titre: A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador: Peterson Field Guides book by Roger Tory Peterson, Edward Chalif
• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0395483549
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780395483541
• Reliure: Softcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Nature Birds and Animals

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Book by Peterson Roger Tory

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With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador.