A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY. By Peter Bircham. New Naturalist No. 104.

Bircham (Peter).

ISBN 10: 0007199694 / ISBN 13: 9780007199693

Edité par Collins New Naturalist Series. Glasgow. 2007, 2007

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2007 ). 2007 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 223mm). Ppxii,482,ii. Colour and b/w photographs, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. New unread copy in dust-wrapper, in publisher's original shrink-wrap. Peter Bircham offers a very thorough history of our understanding of birds. "What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? Which species did we first recognise, when did people begin to record their sightings, and how were the puzzles of bird behaviour and ecology gradually? [This book] offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every nature lover's bookshelf." Chapters include:- Up to the sixteenth century; The first bird book; The first British list; The Willughby / Ray Ornithology and other seventeenth-century works; The Systema naturae: dawn of a new age; The first ornithological ecologists: White, Jenner and Blackwall; Early studies of migration: Legg, Jenner and others; A dictionary and two histories; The artists and their avifaunas; Alfred Newton and the founding of the British Ornithologists' Union; Theories of classification, the National Collection and the Catalogue of Birds; The twentieth century: winds of change; Recording the avifauna of Britain; Migration: the scientific studies begin; Plumage, cages, eggs and shooting: the history of bird protection; Behavioural and ecological studies; After the war; Post-war ornithological research; The British List and problems with fraud; New slants on old problems. Ornithological art is also covered in some detail, beginning with mediaeval illuminated manuscripts and working up to the great artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A terrifically good book, solidly in the tradition of the New Naturalist series. Number 104 in the New Naturalist series. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY. By Peter Bircham. New Naturalist No. 104.
• Éditeur: Collins New Naturalist Series. Glasgow. 2007
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007199694
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007199693
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? A History of Ornithology offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every nature lover's bookshelf.

Today there is a huge interest in birdwatching as a hobby, and over the years amateur birdwatchers have contributed enormously to our understanding of the birds around us. At the same time, ornithology has developed as a science – in the field, in the laboratory, and in the universities – and birds have played their part in pushing forward the frontiers of biological knowledge.

Peter Bircham looks at the history of British ornithology, spanning a millennium and exploring along the way the first bird book, the earliest British lists, various notable scientists, collectors and artists, the first studies of migration, and the challenges presented by classification. He traces the development of the British Ornithologists' Union and other organisations, and finishes with a review of the current state of ornithology in Britain.

‘A History of Ornithology’ is an authoritative and engrossing account, packed full of fascinating stories – not only about the birds but also about the many colourful characters who have studied them through the ages. This beautifully illustrated book will hold great appeal both for the student of ornithology and for the enthusiastic amateur naturalist.

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Peter Bircham currently works in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, and is also a part-time tutor in ornithology for Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education. He is the author of ‘The Birds of Cambridgeshire’ and was advisory editor for the ‘Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Ornithology’. He also contributed to the section on avifauna in ‘Wicken Fen – the Making of a Wetland Nature Reserve’. In addition, he has researched and published several academic papers.