100 birds and how they got their names
Wells, Diana
100 birds and how they got their names - 1st ed - Chapel Hill, NC Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill c2002 - xix, 297p.; ill.; bibliog.; index
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett.
Albatross. Avocet. Bird of Paradise. Bittern. Blackbird. Bluebird. Bobwhite. Bunting. Capercaillie. Cardinal. Chaffinch. Coot. Cormorant. Cowbird. Crane. Crow. Cuckoo. Curlew. Dipper. Duck. Eagle. Egret. Emu and cassowary. Falcon. Flamingo. Flicker. Flycatcher. Frigatebird. Gannet and booby. Goatsucker. Goldfinch. Goose. Rhea. Roadrunner. Robin. Sandpiper. Sapsucker. Secretary bird. Shrike. Skimmer. Skua. Snakebird. Sparrow. Starling. Stork. Swallow. Swan. Swift. Tanager. Thrush. Titmouse and chickadee. Turkey. Vulture. Wagtail. Warbler. Woodcock and snipe. Woodpecker. Wren.
'...Diana Wells hatches a treat for both active birders and armchair enthusiasts. We meet the fearless adventurers and colorful characters--Carl Linnaeus, Alexander Wilson, John Audubon--who found and named new species. We learn of the gods and goddesses who, for punishment or pleasure, turned many a mortal into a bird--and lent their names to some of our favorite species. We explore the avian symbols used by our greatest writers--Coleridge's albatross, Poe's raven, Whitman's thrush.'
Hardcover
156512281X
2001041390
Birds--Mythology
Birds--Folklore
Birds--Symbolic aspects.
QL677 .W45 2002
100 birds and how they got their names - 1st ed - Chapel Hill, NC Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill c2002 - xix, 297p.; ill.; bibliog.; index
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett.
Albatross. Avocet. Bird of Paradise. Bittern. Blackbird. Bluebird. Bobwhite. Bunting. Capercaillie. Cardinal. Chaffinch. Coot. Cormorant. Cowbird. Crane. Crow. Cuckoo. Curlew. Dipper. Duck. Eagle. Egret. Emu and cassowary. Falcon. Flamingo. Flicker. Flycatcher. Frigatebird. Gannet and booby. Goatsucker. Goldfinch. Goose. Rhea. Roadrunner. Robin. Sandpiper. Sapsucker. Secretary bird. Shrike. Skimmer. Skua. Snakebird. Sparrow. Starling. Stork. Swallow. Swan. Swift. Tanager. Thrush. Titmouse and chickadee. Turkey. Vulture. Wagtail. Warbler. Woodcock and snipe. Woodpecker. Wren.
'...Diana Wells hatches a treat for both active birders and armchair enthusiasts. We meet the fearless adventurers and colorful characters--Carl Linnaeus, Alexander Wilson, John Audubon--who found and named new species. We learn of the gods and goddesses who, for punishment or pleasure, turned many a mortal into a bird--and lent their names to some of our favorite species. We explore the avian symbols used by our greatest writers--Coleridge's albatross, Poe's raven, Whitman's thrush.'
Hardcover
156512281X
2001041390
Birds--Mythology
Birds--Folklore
Birds--Symbolic aspects.
QL677 .W45 2002