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FISHER, JAMES The World of BirdsDoubleday & Co Inc, Garden City, NY, 1963, 1st Ed. Hardbound. By James Fisher and Roger Tory Peterson, bird paintings by Roger Tory Peterson. This book analyzes the biology and way of life of the entire galaxy of the world's avifauna, and contains several hindered full-color paintings by Roger Tory Peterson of birds from all over the world, 96 pages of color maps, and numerous, striking photographs. The volume is divided into 4 principal sections: an outline of ornithology as a science, developing by pictures and words some of the facets that have inspired ornithologists through the year; a discussion of techniques, tools, and tasks of international bird watching; a full classification and mapping of bird families, with a census of acceptable genera and species - fossil, recently extinct, and living; and finally an essay discusses the relation of birds to man, and the problems of conservation. There is also a list of the world's extinct birds and a list of the vanishing species. LCCN 64-17398. 288 Pgs. Description text copyright 2006. Nr Fine. Tear spine cover top, edge & corner wear, content excellent. DJ synopsis & author profiles cut from DJ, loose inside front cover. No DJ. Folio..
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