London Sparrows
Author | : London Sparrows |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : London Sparrows |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : London sparrows |
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Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : Andrew Self |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2014-04-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 140819404X |
The first comprehensive avifauna for the London area ever published covering the status, distribution and history of every species on the regional list in rich detail.
Author | : Denis Summers-Smith |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2010-11-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408138255 |
While Denis Summers-Smith's monograph The Sparrows presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale. Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and his work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird. As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one of the group, found only in deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988. His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand to Africa and the Americas (with a good few islands in between), are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Everywhere local officials and bird watchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.
Author | : London sparrows |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1876 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Denis Summers-Smith |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2010-10-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408137828 |
The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and Summers-Smith's work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird. Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one group, found only in the deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988. While that book presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale. His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand, to Africa and the Americas (with a good few islands in between) are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Everywhere local officials and birdwatchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.
Author | : Rick Wright |
Publisher | : Peterson Reference Guides |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0547973160 |
Sparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non‑birders) have essentially the same mental image of a pelican, a duck, or a flamingo, and a guide dedicated to waxwings or kingfishers would need nothing more than a sketch and a single sentence to satisfactorily identify its subject. Sparrows are harder to pin down. This book covers one family (Passerellidae), which includes towhees and juncos, and 76 members of the sparrow clan. Birds have a human history, too, beginning with their significance to native cultures and continuing through their discovery by science, their taxonomic fortunes and misfortunes, and their prospects for survival in a world with ever less space for wild creatures. This book includes not just facts and measurements, but stories--of how birds got their names and how they were discovered--of their entanglement with human history.
Author | : William Henry Hudson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Birds |
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Author | : Peter Clement |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2010-08-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408135302 |
This is a guide to 'true' finches and sparrows illustrating all the species, many races and most sex and age variations, with almost 950 portraits. The maps accompanying the illustrations show breeding and wintering ranges for all species. Although the guide is not primarily intended for cagebird enthusiasts, it will also be useful for those wishing to know more about the species encountered in captivity.
Author | : Rumer Godden |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781590171240 |
In post-World War II London, two street-tough children attempt to build a hidden garden--an act that awakens hidden courage in the children and profoundly disrupts the neighborhood.