Birds of the world
By: photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones
Contributors: Baran, Myriam
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Birds -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Work titles: Oiseaux du monde.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 318)
Table of contents: title: From T. rex to the hummingbird; title: Conquest of the air; title: Feathers : a technological marvel; title: The essence of the senses; title: Riders on the wind; title: The laws of reproduction; title: Master builders; title: The story begins with an egg; title: Blood ties; title: One bill, infinite possibilities; title: Ingenuity conquers all; title: Of birds and men