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Walters aims this book at the reader who is knowledgeable about birds but may know nothing of their origin and history, and may not have heard of any of the people whose lives and works are examined here. The author, curator of the Bird Group at the Natural History Museum in Britain, begins by summarizing the writings of ancient Greeks, Chinese, and Romans and by discussing pieces written during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Age of Exploration. He then discusses some of the early ornithological writers, the works of the Germans and Dutch, and the beginning of ornithology in the U.S. He analyzes the development of the Quinary and other systems of classification in the nineteenth century and the expanded study of ornithology in the twentieth century with its accelerated growth of field studies. The book, with 75 black-and-white illustrations, is one that birdwatchers and naturalists will find absorbing. George Cohen
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"This exhilarating account of the history of ornithology is a most enjoyable and important work." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Walters aims this book at the reader who is knowledgeable about birds but may know nothing of their origin and history, and may not have heard of any of the people whose lives and works are examined here. The author, curator of the Bird Group at the Natural History Museum in Britain, begins by summarizing the writings of ancient Greeks, Chinese, and Romans and by discussing pieces written during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Age of Exploration. He then discusses some of the early ornithological writers, the works of the Germans and Dutch, and the beginning of ornithology in the U.S. He analyzes the development of the Quinary and other systems of classification in the nineteenth century and the expanded study of ornithology in the twentieth century with its accelerated growth of field studies. The book, with 75 black-and-white illustrations, is one that birdwatchers and naturalists will find absorbing. George Cohen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"This exhilarating account of the history of ornithology is a most enjoyable and important work." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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British Museum, New Guinea, South America, North America, South Africa, Zoological Society of London, New Zealand, Rio de Janeiro, Alfred Newton, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Linnean Society, Charles Darwin, Des Murs, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Thomas Pennant, Academy of Sciences, East Indies, Gilbert White, Margaret Nice, French Revolution, Natural History of Birds, Systema Naturae, American Museum of Natural History, Berlin Museum New!
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Since the dawn of civilisation, birds have fascinated men. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, New Guinea, South America, North America, South Africa, Zoological Society of London, New Zealand, Rio de Janeiro, Alfred Newton, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Linnean Society, Charles Darwin, Des Murs, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Thomas Pennant, Academy of Sciences, East Indies, Gilbert White, Margaret Nice, French Revolution, Natural History of Birds, Systema Naturae, American Museum of Natural History, Berlin Museum New!
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- History of Animals by Aristotle on 5 pages
- Histoire Naturelle by GeorgesLouis De Buffon on 5 pages
- History Of Animals by Aristotle on 5 pages
- The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace on page 127, page 136, and Back Matter
- Arctic Zoology (Natural sciences in America) by Thomas Pennant on page 52, page 59, and Back Matter
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