| Description |
1 preliminary leaf [v]-xviii pages, 1 leaf, 240 pages color frontispiece, illustrations (including map) plates (some color) 19 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Physical Medium |
8vo. rdabf |
| Series |
Peterson field guide series ; 2 |
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Peterson field guide series ; 2.
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| Note |
Colored plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
"Home-reference suggestions": pages 223-224 |
| Contents |
How to use this book -- Loons: Gavid -- Grebes: Colymbid -- Albatrosses: Diomedeid -- Shearwaters and Fulmars: Procellariid -- Storm Petrels: Hydrobatid -- Tropic-birds: Phaethontid -- Pelicans: Pelecanid -- Cormorants: Phalacrocoracid -- Darters: Anhingid -- Man-O'-War birds: Fregatid -- Herons and Bitterns: Ardeid -- Wood Ibises: Ciconiid -- Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithid -- Swans: Cygnin -- Geese: Anserin -- Tree Ducks: Nyroncin -- Surface-feeding ducks: Anatin -- Diving Ducks: Nyrocin -- Ruddy and Masked ducks : Erismaturin -- Mergansers: Mergin -- Vultures: Cathartid -- Kites: Elanin -- Accipters, or Short-winged Hawks: Accipitrin -- Buteos, or Buzzard hawks: Buteonin -- Eagles: Buteonin -- Harriers: Circin -- Ospreys: Pandionin -- Caracaras: Polyborin -- Falcons: Falconin -- Curassows and Guans: Cracid -- Grouse: Tetraonid -- Old World Partridges: Perdicin -- Quail: Odontophorin -- Pheasants: Phasianid -- Turkeys: Meleagridid -- Cranes: Gruid -- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallid -- Jacanas: Jacanid -- Oyster-catchers: Haematopodid -- Plovers: Charadriin -- Surf-birds: Aphrizin -- Turnstones: Arenariin -- Snipe, Sandpipers, etc.: Scolopacid -- Avocets and Stilts: Recurvirostrid -- Phalaropes: Phalaropodid -- Jaegers: Stercorariid -- Gulls: Larin -- Terns: Sternin -- Auks, Murres, and Puffins: Alcid -- Pigeons and Doves; Colubid -- Parrots: Psittacid -- Anis, Road-runners, Cuckoos, etc.: Cuculid -- Owls: Tytonid and Strigid -- Goatsuckers: Caprimulgid -- Swifts: Micropodid -- Hummingbirds: Trochilid -- Trogons: Trogonid -- Kingfishers: Alcedinid -- Woodpeckers: Picid -- Cotingas: Cotingid -- Flycatchers: Tyrannid -- Larks: Alaudid -- Swallows: Hirundinid -- Jays, Magpies, and Crows: Corvid -- Titmice, Verdins, and Bush-tits: Parid -- Nuthatches: Sittid -- Creepers: Certhid -- Wrent-tits: Chamaeid -- Dippers: Cinclid -- Wrents: Troglodytid -- Mockingbirds and Thrashers: Mimid -- Thrushes, Bluebirds, and Solitaires: Turdid -- Gnatcatchers and Kinglets: Sylviid -- Pipits: motacillid -- Waxwings: Bombycillid -- Silky Flycatchers: Ptilogonatid -- Shrikes: Laniid -- Starlings: Sturnid -- Vireos: Vireonid -- Wood Warblers: Compsothlypid -- Weaver Finches: Ploceid -- Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, adn Oreoles: Icterid -- Tanagers: Thraupid -- Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows, and Buntings: Fringillid -- Subspecies -- Home-reference suggestions -- Index. |
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Birds -- West (U.S.)
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Birds. (OCoLC)fst00832970
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West United States. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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