Audubon's Birds
Publisher: Parkstone International
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781780421803
Subjects: NATURE / Animals / Birds; NATURE / Birdwatching Guides; Birds; Pictorial works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology
Description: Audubon's ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the great steps of ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also depicted birds within their natural habitat and in vivid poses. This impressive collection ranges from the Greater Flamingo and Bald Eagle to the Carolina parakeet. Audubon describes every species in concise texts, pointing out the animals' peculiarities. In its convenient format this book is the ideal gift for both science connoisseurs and art lovers.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; Biography; Preface; FAMILY IVulturinæ. Vulturine Birds or Vultures; FAMILY IIFalconinæ. Falcons; FAMILY IIIStriginæ. Owls; FAMILY IVCaprimulginæ. Goatsuckers; FAMILY VCypselinæ. Swifts; FAMILY VIHirundinæ. Swallows; FAMILY VIIMuscicapinæ. Flycatchers; FAMILY VIIISylvicolinæ. Wood Warblers; FAMILY IXCerthianæ. Creepers; FAMILY XParinæ. Tits; FAMILY XISylvianæ. Warblers; FAMILY XIITurdinæ. Thrushes; FAMILY XIIIMotacillinæ. Wagtails; FAMILY XIVAlaudinæ. Larks; FAMILY XVFringillinæ. Finches; FAMILY XVIAgelainæ. Marsh Blackbirds; FAMILY XVIISturninæ. Starlings; FAMILY XVIIICorvinæ. Crows.; title: FAMILY XIXLaninæ. ShrikesFAMILY XXVireoninæ. Greenlets; FAMILY XXIPiprinæ. Manakins; FAMILY XXIIAmpelinæ. Chatterers; FAMILY XXIIISittinæ. Nut Hatches; FAMILY XXIVTrochilinæ. Humming Birds; FAMILY XXVAlcedinæ. Kingfishers; FAMILY XXVIPicinæ. Woodpeckers; FAMILY XXVIICuculinæ. Cuckoos; FAMILY XXVIIIPsittacinæ. Parrots; FAMILY XXIXColumbinæ. Pigeons; FAMILY XXXPavoninæ. Pavonine Birds; FAMILY XXXIPerdicinæ. Partridges; FAMILY XXXIITetraoninæ. Grouse; FAMILY XXXIIIRallinæ. Rails; FAMILY XXXIVGruinæ. Cranes; FAMILY XXXVCharadriinæ. Plovers; FAMILY XXXVIScolopacinæ. Snipes.; title: FAMILY XXXVIITantalinæ. IbisesFAMILY XXXVIIIArdeinæ. Herons; FAMILY XXXIXAnatinæ. Ducks; FAMILY XLMerginæ. Mergansers; FAMILY XLIPelecaninæ. Pelicans; FAMILY XLIILarinæ. Gulls; FAMILY XLIIIProcellarinæ. Fulmars; FAMILY XLIVAlcinæ. Auks; FAMILY XLVColumbinæ. Divers and Grebes; Index.