Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Name: Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)
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By Peters, James Lee

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Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World<br/><br/>IN the preparation of this volume I have attempted to adhere to the general plan originally outlined in the intro duction to the first volume; no basic changes have been made in this scheme, but additional explanatory paragraphs have appeared in the introduction to volumes 2 and 3. The treatment of the orders dealt with in this volume has been brought up to 31 December 1938; a very few forms described early in 1939 are included, but no pretense has been made of keeping the work up to date after 1938. None of the included Orders has been completely monographed or listed since the turn of the last century; the Owls have been particularly neglected, and for this reason an unusually large amount of time was consumed in preparing a fresh arrangement. With the completion of the Owls in this volume all the orders of birds included in the first volume of Sharpe's Hand list have been covered in this series, in addition the following orders dealt with in the second volume of Sharpe have also been treated: Psittaciformes, Cuculiformes, Caprimulgi formes and Apodiformes (part, suborder Apodi). Excluding those orders just mentioned, it may be of interest to give some comparative figures showing the number of genera and species included in Sharpe's first volume and the genera and forms recognized in the first four volumes of the present series of check-lists: Sharpe Vol. 1, 1899 830 genera, 3626 species Peters 1, 1931 281 genera, 1726 forms 198 a 1913 3, 1937 61 875 (columbiformes only)

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 312
Release Date:: 2018-08-07
Publication Date:: 2018-08-07
Publisher:: Forgotten Books
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1390404226
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 417 g

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