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100 birds and how they got their names

By: Material type: TextTextChapel Hill, NC Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill c2002Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 297p.; ill.; bibliog.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 156512281X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QL677 .W45 2002
Contents:
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.
Abstract: '...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.'
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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.'

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