Halle Storm Petrel and the Owl of Athena

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6933-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1455, 282 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Halle, Louis Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. iii
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. xi
Introduction, pg. 3
I. From Another World, pg. 11
II. The Fulmar Flying Free, pg. 21
III. Of Gulls and Men, pg. 41
IV. Birds that Attack Men, pg. 53
V. The Great Auk, the Little Auk, and Man, pg. 69
VI. Seagoing Sandpipers and Some Relatives, pg. 81
VII. The Gannet and the Ancient Shag, pg. 93
VIII. Birds of the Past and Birds of the Future, pg. 105
Epilogue, pg. 122
The Water Rail, pg. 139
The Marsh Terns, pg. 165
Scene: Geneva; Time: A Morning in June, pg. 173
Alpine Choughs in a Valley, pg. 179
The Concept of Species, pg. 183
The Refugee Species, pg. 189
The Parish of America, pg. 201
Hudson's Pampas Today, pg. 207
On Rereading Green Mansions, pg. 222
The Owl of Athena, pg. 229
Epilogue: The Religion of Sedge, pg. 248
Bibliography, pg. 257
List of Species and Index, pg. 259