Bird Life and Bird Lore | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781108055598 | Bird Life and Bird Lore | Reginald Bosworth Smith | Taschenbuch | 2013

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Beschreibung

'Birds have been to me the solace, the recreation, the passion of a lifetime.' So wrote Reginald Bosworth Smith (1839-1908), former Classics master at Harrow School. As a young man, he published his first book on birds while teaching at Oxford, and he continued to combine his lifelong love of birds with classical and literary teaching and research. He retired to a country house in Dorset and in 1905 published this book, based on a series of articles written in his retirement. Recording his own observations, some of many years before, and peppered with scholarly references to birds in literature, the essays cover individual birds such as the owl, the raven and the magpie, as well as bird-watching in Dorset and beyond. Imparting a love and respect for wildlife that remains inspiring, this book will be of great interest to the bird-lover and scholar of today.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Owls; 2. The raven - descriptive; 3. The raven in poetry, history, hagiology, and folk-lore; 4. The raven - personal experiences; 5. The old thatched rectory and its birds; 6. The wild duck; 7. A day on a Norfolk mere; 8. The magpie; 9. The old manor house and its surroundings; 10. Bird life at Bingham's Melcombe; Appendix.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Fachbereich:	Zoologie
Genre:	Biologie , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108055598
ISBN-10:	1108055591
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bosworth Smith, Reginald
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Reginald Bosworth Smith
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.03.2013
Gewicht:	0,685 kg