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The waterfowl of the world. / With plates in colour by Peter Scott.
LIBRA QL696.A5 D4 1954 v.1 1954 v.2 1956 v.3 1959
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delacour, Jean, 1890-1985.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anatidae.
- Birds.
- Medical Subjects:
- Birds.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : illustrations, color plates, maps. ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Country Life, 1954-64.
- Contents:
- v. 1. The magpie goose, whistling ducks, swans, and geese; sheldgeese and shelducks
- v. 2. The dabbling ducks
- v. 3. Eiders, pochards, perching ducks, scoters, golden eyes and mergansers, stiff-tailed ducks.
- v. 4. General habits; the reproductive cycle; ecology; distribution and species relationships; fowling; conservation and management; aviculture; domestic waterfowl; the anatomy of waterfowl; fossil anseriformes; corrections and additions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- OCLC:
- 6887798
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