The Sparrows
Poyser (Verlag)
978-1-4081-3824-3 (ISBN)
Everywhere local officials and bird watchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.
Denis Summers-Smith is a mechanical engineer and, although nominally retiring in 1982, still continues to consult in tribology, his specialist field; in this capacity he has visited all six continents in the past five years. He confesses to an obsessional interest in sparrows. This began in 1947 with a study of the House Sparrow that led to the publication of The House Sparrow in 1963. He then broadened his interest to the other members of the genus, travelling extensively throughout Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean basin in their pursuit. A second book, The Sparrows, appeared in 1988. His wife, Margaret, has been a faithful attendant on most of these journeys. He has served on committees of the British Ornithologists' Union and the British Trust for Ornithology, publishing a number of papers in the journals of both these societies.
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Afrotropical grey-headed sparrows
2 Golden Sparrow
3 Chestnut Sparrow
4 Cape Sparrow
5 Rufous Sparrpw
6 Iago Sparrow
7 Somali Sparrow
8 Desert Sparrow
9 House Sparrow
10 Willow (Spanish) Sparrow
11 Dead Sea Sparrow
12 Sind Jungle Sparrow
13 Pegu Sparrow
14 Cinnamon Sparrow
15 Tree Sparrow
16 Saxaul Sparrow
17 Characteristics and interrelationships
18 Origins and evolution
19 The systematic position of the sparrows
Appendix A A Key to the names of the sparrows
Appendix B Gazetteer
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Poyser Monographs |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 894 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4081-3824-7 / 1408138247 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-3824-3 / 9781408138243 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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