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Volume: v.05 n.11-12Publisher: New YorkNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Publication date: 1874; Subjects: Ornithology; Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Birds; Nature / Birds ... Read more

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"Mark Barrow has written an admirably comprehensive, penetrating, and very readable treatment of the history of ornithology, one that fills a gaping hole in the history of science as well as ornithological literature. This book will surely be the standard account for many years to come."--David E. Allen, author of ^IThe Naturalist in Britain: A Social History^NIn the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle- and upper-class devotees were rushing to join Audubon societies, purchase field guides, and keep records of the species they encountered in the wild. Mark Barrow vividly reconstructs this story not only through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists, but also through those of a relatively new breed of bird enthusiast: the technically oriented ornithologist. In exploring how ornithologists struggled to forge a discipline and profession amidst an explosion of popular interest in natural history, ^IA Passion for Birds^N provides the first book-length history of American ornithology from the death of John James Audubon to the Second World War.Barrow shows how efforts to form a scientific community distinct from popular birders met with only partial success. The founding of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883 and the subsequent expansion of formal educational and employment opportunities in ornithology marked important milestones in this campaign. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century, when ornithology had finally achieved the status of a modern profession, its practitioners remained dependent on the services of birdwatchers and other amateur enthusiasts. Environmental issues also loom large in Barrow's account as he traces areas of both cooperation and conflict between ornithologists and wildlife conservationists. Recounting a colorful story based on the interactions among a wide variety of bird-lovers, this book will interest historians of science, environmental historians, ornithologists, birdwatchers, and anyone curious about the historical roots of today's birding boom. ... Read more

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Reliable information is the foundation upon which local, national and international conservation efforts are based, placing research at the heart of biodiversity conservation. The fundamental role of research is diverse and includes understanding the importance of biodiversity, defining 'units' of biodiversity, priority-setting for species and sites, managing endangered and declining populations, understanding large-scale processes, making predictions about the future, and interfacing with training, education, public awareness and policy initiatives. Using real examples, researchers consider the principles underlying these manifold issues and illustrate how these principles have been applied to address actual conservation problems. ... Read more

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Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or (2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, or (3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes. All chapters are invited, and authors are chosen for their leadership in the subjects under review. ... Read more

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This title focuses on the southern hemisphere, using African examples. "Ornithology for Africa" has been specially written for users on the southern side of the equator, and puts Africa in the lead in this regard. It is based on a series of lectures on the biology of birds, which the author has presented over the years to adult audiences throughout southern Africa. The text is aimed at the informed layperson, as well as at the senior undergraduate student. The style allows the lay reader not only to learn about birds, but also to enjoy ornithology as a pastime or even as a more serious occupation. The nine chapters cover the origin of birds, flight, feeding adaptations, zoogeography, ecology, migration, behaviour, and breeding biology. ... Read more

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Topics include: Banding Results at kiptopeke in 1975, and First Breeding Record of Brewster's Warbelr in Virginia. ... Read more

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Topics include: Joseph James Murray, Virginia Christmas Bird Count 1973-74 Season, and Field Notes from extreme southcentral Virginia. ... Read more

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Topics include: Unusual Water Birds in Augusta County, A Sora Rail on Tinker Mountain, Strange behavior in a yellow throated Vireo, and An Eastern Shore Curlew Sandpiper. ... Read more

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Topics include: Notes on Summer Birds in the Virginia Mountains 1970-1975, Anhinga in Fairfax County VA, and Common Gallinule in Wythe County. ... Read more

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Topics include: Piping Plovers Nesting on Chesapeake Bay, The 1975 Hatteras Trip. ... Read more

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The analyses of ring recovery information for almost 200 species are included in this book, which features: introductory chapters about the ringing scheme, migration ecology and study methods; a critical examination of potential spatial and temporal biases in the ringing-recovery information caused by ringing and finding circumstances; and variation in movement patterns across species, age classes, and sexes, Texts for individual species, written by experts on their movements, feature not only information from the BTO ring recoveries database but also appropriate details of movements from other sources when possible (eg colour-marking programmes, radiotelemetry, surveys of migrants, radar studies). Each account includes locations, ages and seasonality of ringing, finding circumstances, movement patterns and timings for populations that breed or winter in Britain or Ireland or pass through on passage, information on the dispersal of immature and adult birds, fidelity to breeding and wintering areas, implications for conservation management, identification of gaps in current knowledge and recommendations for future ringing research.Overview chapters summarize the value of information from ringing for bird conservation and make recommendations for improving knowledge of movements in the future. ... Read more

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Topics include: Relative Abundance of Birds in Cut and Uncut Forests in Southwestern Virginia and Banding Results at Kiptopeke Beach in 1974. ... Read more