Birds
By: Andrew Solway
Edition: Rev. and updated.
Series: Classifying living things; Classifying living things
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781432923532
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Birds; Classification
Other titles: Classifying birds
Description: Explains what birds are and how they differ from other animals, with descriptions of various types of birds, including birds of prey, water birds, and exotic birds.
Notes: Rev. and updated ed. of: Classifying birds. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31).
Table of contents: title: Variety of life; title: What are birds?; title: Feathers; title: Built to fly; title: Perching birds; title: Living on the ground; title: Waterbirds; title: Seabirds and shore birds; title: Birds of prey; title: Flying aces; title: Parrots, pigeons, and cuckoos; title: Is it a bird?; title: Lost forever?