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Birds : A Postcard Book™ : with photographs from Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO).
LIBRA Running Press Collection
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- Format:
- Book
- Subjects (All):
- Birds.
- Postcards.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- [64] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 12 x 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1989.
- Contents:
- Scarlet and Red-and-Green Macaws (Ara macao and Ara chloroptera)
- Cape Gannet (Morus capensis)
- Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa)
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
- Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
- Indigo Flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica)
- Ochre-Breasted Antpitta (Grallericula flavarostris)
- Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)
- Yangtze Parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Red-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
- Broad-Billed Hummingbird (Cyanthus latirostris)
- Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Dwarf Forest Kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus)
- Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
- Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Red-Winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
- White Winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Green-Headed Tanager (Tangara fastuosa)
- Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
- Notes:
- "The Original Postcard™ Book"--Back cover.
- "Beauty on the wing, in 30 full-color postcards to mail, share, and cherish"--Cover.
- "Scientific adviser: Doug Wechsler. Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Interior design by Robert Perry. Typography by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy 1 is "1" printing.
- Running Press copy 2 is "2" printing with different price ($7.95).
- ISBN:
- 0894717677 :
- OCLC:
- 1452615342
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