This stunning book captures the grace and beauty of the world's birds. Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal the form, posture and plumage of every single bird family found in the world, featuring illustrations of more than 1,300 avian species that are characteristic of the families.
Hardback. 514 pages. NEW.
In this book the author, one of Britain's leading ornithologists, explores the lives of birds from conception to egg, through terretory and song, to breeding and migration. He also celebrates the great innovative minds in the field, from seventeenth century Englishman John Ray, whose lifes work laid the foundations of modern ornithology, to the Austrian ethnologist Konrad Lorenz and his groundbreaking studies of 'imprinting' in geese, and David Lack, whose ideas transformed our understanding of the life histories of birds.
Hardback. 434 pages. NEW.
The author looks at the history of British ornithology, spanning a millennium and exploring along the way the first bird book, the earliest British lists, various notable scientists, collectors and artists, the first studies of migration, and the chakllenges presented by classification.
Hardback. 482 pages. NEW.
In this book the author explores the life of birds, all round the globe. From the secrets of migration to their complicated family lives, their differing habitats and survival techniques to the secrets of flight, this is a fascinating account of how birds live, why they matter, and whethher they really are dinosaurs.
Hardback. 480 pages. NEW.
This book tells the facinating story of the development of a sicence that endlessly inspires. Birds have always been a favourite subject of study for naturalists and birdwatching is now a very popular passtime. This account of the history of ornithology is richly illustrated and includes an ornithological timeline.
New Holland Publishing. Hardback. 239 pages. NEW.
