Bird Flight: An Illustrated Study of Birds' Aerial Mastery
YA-- A careful examination of the hows and whys of a bird's ability to fly. The thorough, comprehensive narration is systematically divided into relevant subsections covering the mechanics and other aspects of flight depending upon the type of bird and its habitat. However, more than half of the book is devoted to the accompanying impressive full-color photographs that are carefully arranged to represent the action being described. They enable readers to better understand what is happening, how it is being accomplished, and why. Picture captions and the introductions of the discussions will be useful to beginning biology students. Those who are more advanced will delve further into the detailed explanations and aeronautical descriptions. Both will appreciate the clear charts and explicit diagrams.- Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.