A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names - Hardcover

Jobling, James A.

 
9780198546344: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198546343 ISBN 13: 9780198546344
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1992

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Containing over 8,500 entries, A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names is the first book to explain the derivation and meaning of all valid scientific bird names. This valuable reference defines each name part separately to avoid the confusion of future revisions--a name like Passer domesticus will only be found as the separate entries Passer (sparrow) and domesticus (domestic). Other entries provide fascinating details and helpful information. We learn, for example, that lewis is derived from explorer Meriwether Lewis, and decussatus indicates that a bird is marked with X-shaped crosses. And an informative introduction discusses the ways in which birds have been named for their appearance, for a person or place, or some aspect of their habitat, food, or voice.
With a full bibliography and extensive cross-references, A Dictionary of Bird Names will find a permanent place on any bird-lover's shelf.

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About the Author:
James A. Jobling is a member of various ornithologists' unions and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198546343
ISBN 13 
9780198546344
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Fowling Richard
Anzahl der Seiten
301
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