[PDF] Lost And Vanishing Birds Being A Record Of Some Remarkable Extinct Species And A Plea For Some Thre Scholars Choice Edition eBook

Author : Charles Dixon, Jr.
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2015-02-20
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ISBN : 9781298435279

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Author : Julian P. Hume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472937457

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A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.

Author : Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 2018-10-11
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ISBN : 9780342440573

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Author : Errol Fuller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2014-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691161372

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Presents photographs of extinct animals, including the Hawaiian Po'ouli, the Heath Hen, and the Carolina Parakeet, with an explanation for each of why it became extinct and the circumstances surrounding the photography.

Author : James Cowan Greenway
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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"Since the disappearance of the last dodo some 280 years ago, over 130 species and subspecies of birds have completely disappeared or have become seriously threatened with extinction. The passenger pigeon, Labrador duck, great auk, the nearly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker and whooping crane are but a few of the many varieties of parrot, owl, thrush, honeycreeper, duck, sparrow, etc., which have been wiped out, usually due to man's interference. Greenway's book is the first up-to-date, comprehensive survey of extinct and vanishing birds, and, as such, it serves as a strong warning about steps which must be taken to prevent the total disappearance of the threatened species. He begins with an area-by-area survey of important lost and disappearing birds, carefully noting all possible causes for their disappearance. Then, each species and subspecies is discussed individually, with detailed information on nomenclature, last sightings, range, description, habits, and similar material." --Back cover.

Author : Errol Fuller
Publisher : Comstock Publishing Associates
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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These artists often had the advantage of working from fresh specimens or even from living birds, and besides its beauty their work is a primary source of scientific knowledge in its own right."--BOOK JACKET.