A Concise History of Ornithology.(Book Review)

From: Wilson Bulletin | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

A CONCISE HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY. By Michael Walters. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. 2003: 255 pp., 93 black-and-white figures. $30.00 (cloth).--Written by a British ornithologist, this book describes people and their ideas from a classical world perspective, including not only the advances, but the backwaters and diversions that delayed the progress of ornithological thought. It is written in a pleasant, narrative style and has a substantial reference list. The book's themes include tragic losses of specimens before they could be described for science; the medical ...

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