Author: LEAHY, CHRISTOPHER
Title: The Birdwatcher's Companion : An Encyclopedic Handbook of North American Birdlife
Description: New York, New York: Hill And Wang, 1982. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Gordon Morrison. 917 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 3.6: KB#004772: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket has some small well-repaired cuts along edge and inside flaps are creased. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Over 1, 250 entries, entertainingly written, compact, convenient, alphabetically arranged. A handy reference book alphabetically arranged and useful to anyone interested in North American birds. It offers a highly readable, authoritative, and witty introduction to basic aspects of ornithology. It includes indispensable, comprehensive essays on flight, song, migration, and other fundamentals of bird physiology and behavior; thorough accounts of bird feeding, field identification, banding and other bird-oriented pursuits; definitions of technical and birding terms, summaries of major bird groupings; thumbnail sketches of outstanding ornithological authorities, descriptions of well-known birding localities. ". Fine in Good Dust Jacket .

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