Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: The Most Complete One-Volume Book of IdentificationFourth edition of a portable field guide which accompanies the fourth edition of TBirds of Australia'. Revised and expanded to include an illustrated rare bird bulletin, an Australian island territories checklist, 52 additional or replacement black-and-white drawings, and changes to 93 distribution maps. Also provides information on the taxonomy, habitat and biology of each bird family as well as covering such topics as prehistoric birds, and DNA-DNA hybridisation. Referenced and indexed. |
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Contents
Information part of the book as it was but we take a middle path in | |
Museum of Victoria Arthur Rylah Institute Bird Observers Club of Australia Royal | 326 |
Tom Aumann | 392 |
Copyright | |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: The Most Comprehensive One-Volume ... Ken Simpson,Nicholas Day No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: The Most Complete One-Volume Book of Identification |
| Editor | Ken Simpson |
| Illustrated by | Nicolas Day |
| Edition | 4, illustrated |
| Publisher | Viking O'Neil, 1993 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0670904783, 9780670904785 |
| Length | 392 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Birdwatching Guides |
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