The Dictionary of Birds in Color

Download or read book The Dictionary of Birds in Color written by Bruce Campbell and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1974 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first section contains a listing, with description, of the orders and families of birds. Information generally includes characteristics, distribution, distinguishing marks, number of genera and/or species. A second section contains 1008 color photographs of the birds in natural setting. Arrangement is by family as listed in section one. The third part gives accounts of 1200 species arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Cross references from common to scientific name are provided.