Author: TUDGE, COLIN
Title: The bird : a natural history of who birds are, where they came from, and how they live
Description: New York : Crown Publishers (2008) 2008. Stated 1st American Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 462 pages; Description: xvi. 462 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Birds -- History. Birds. Birds -- Evolution. Contents: A different way of being. What is means to be a flier ; How birds became --Dramatis personae. Keeping track : the absolute need to classify ; All the birds in the world : an annotated cast list --How birds live their lives. The eating machine ; The world as an oyster ; Idyll and mayhem : the sex lives of birds ; Families and friends ; The mind of birds --Birds and us. Living with birds and learning from birds --A matter of attitude.Weight in Kg appr.:

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