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Subtitle: the words of birds : North America, Britain and northern Europe
By: John Bevis ; with photographs by the author.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780262014298
Subjects: Birdsongs -- North America -- Identification; Birdsongs -- Europe, Northern -- Identification; Sounds, Words for
Other titles: Words of birds
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What's so special about birds?; title: The songs of birds. The bird singer; title: The bird listener; title: The bird aspirant; title: The words of birds. The bird reader; title: The bird writer; title: The bird linguist; title: In birdland; title: Introduction to the lexicon; title: Lexicon; title: Mnemonics; title: Some other methods of collecting birdsong. Field recording; title: Graphic notation; title: Birdsong in music; title: Whistles and imitators; title: Bird organs and tutors; title: Singing automata and clocks.