ISBN: 0 600 43021 9
Godina izdanja: 1965
Oblast: Biologija
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

W. D. CAMPBELL
BASIL EDE

BIRDS OF TOWN AND VILLAGE

Izdavač - Country Life Books, London

Godina - 1965

156 strana

31 cm

ISBN - 0 600 43021 9

Povez - Tvrd

Stanje - Kao na slici, tekst bez podvlačenja



SADRŽAJ:
Foreword by H.R.H.The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Introduction
1 The Rook and the Carrion Crow
2 The Jackdaw
3 The Magpie
4 The Jay
5 The Starling
6 The Greenfinch and the Linnet
7 The Goldfinch
8 The Bullfinch
9 The Chaffinch
10 The House Sparrow and the Tree Sparrow
11 The Skylark
12 The Pied Wagtail and the Grey Wagtail
13 The Tree Creeper and the Nuthatch
14 The Blue Tit and the Great Tit
15 The Marsh Tit and the Coal Tit
16 The Long-tailed Tit
17 The Goldcrest and the Spotted Flycatcher
18 The Chiffchaff, the Willow Warbler and the Whitethroat
19 The Blackcap and the Garden Warbler
20 The Redwing and the Fieldfare
21 The Song Thrush and the Mistle Thrush
22 The Blackbird
23 The Dunnock and the Robin
24 The Wren
25 The Swift and the Swallow
26 The House Martin and the Sand Martin
27 The Kingfisher
28 The Green Woodpecker
29 The Pied Woodpecker and the Barred Woodpecker
30 The Cuckoo
31 The Tawny Owl
32 The Barn Owl
33 The Kestrel
34 The Moorhen and the Mallard
35 The Wood Pigeon, the Stock Dove and the Turtle Dove
36 The Lapwing


`This book is a record, in word and picture, of fifty-six British birds that may still be seen in and around our towns and villages. And we should all be glad that they can still be seen and heard, in spite of progressive urbanisation and the use of highly toxic chemicals in agriculture, which has caused havoc among such varied species as the chaffinch, the green woodpecker and the kestrel -as catastrophic as the bird-killing winter of 1962-3. Fortunately, our bird population seems to be remarkably resilient.

Basil Ede`s thirty-six paintings, specially commissioned for this book, show us the birds in typical surroundings, making recognition easy. W. D. Campbell`s text amplifies the paintings by describing each bird for us, touching on its characteristics and peculiarities, its haunts, song, food and nesting habits. He also mixes in stories and legends and personal reminiscences, for he has long been a keen observer of birds. Often he has a small phrase that pin-points a bird for us; when contrasting the carrion crow with the rook, for instance, he says `the carrion crow is an individualistic freebooter rather than a massconforming commuter`, or when he writes of the barn owl`s `disembodied face silently floating towards one`, or the little tree creeper`s penetrating call `reminiscent of hard cloth being cut by fast-working tailor`s scissors`. This book will make an ideal gift for all bird-lovers, for it has a twofold purpose. As the author puts it in his Introduction, apart from the purely aesthetic appeal of the illustrations, it is hoped that the pictures and text together may form a reference book which will not only lead to the identification of some of our commonest birds, but also stimulate interest in their habits and behaviour. Another more subtle intention is that once these basic fifty-six species are thoroughly known, the observer will become so interested that he or she will desire to name any of the three hundred or so other species which may be encountered in Britain`.

`The plates are magnificent, and the Publishers must be congratulated on the high level of fidelity that they have achieved`-National Geographic Society.`



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