Research Catalog
The birds
- Title
- The birds / by Roger Tory Peterson and the editors of Life.
- Author
- Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.
- Publication
- New York : Time Inc., ©1963.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | 8879.7115 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 192 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, color maps; 28 cm
- Summary
- An illustrated survey of bird life, describing evolution, physiology, migration and flight patterns, wing and body communication, nesting, feeding, and family life.
- Series Statement
- Life nature library
- Uniform Title
- Life (Chicago, Ill.)
- Life nature library.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.
- Contents
- From archaeopteryx to sparrow. -- What it takes to fly. -- Birds as food gatherers. -- How many birds. -- The riddle of migration. -- How birds communicate. -- From egg to adult. -- Toward a balance with man.
- LCCN
- 63016281
- OCLC
- ocm00174995
- 174995
- SCSB-316543
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library