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A Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Large Format Edition Paperback - 1999
by Roger Tory Peterson
The classic Peterson field guide has been designed in a larger format especially for those who prefer an at-a-glance guide for use in the field. Color plates. Updated color maps. This is the large format edition.
Summary
Explore the Expanding Peterson Line. Leave your reading glasses behind. Now Roger Tory Peterson's classic Field Guide to Eastern Birds has been reissued in a larger format specially produced for those who don't want to take their reading glasses into the field. Peterson's treasured illustrations have been reproduced in beautiful color. Species descriptions include only the most important identification elements -- size, voice, and habitat -- in large, easy-to-read type. Color range maps, conveniently located next to the species accounts, have been updated specifically for this book. Roger Tory Peterson's original text has been revised and updated by Virginia Peterson, who worked closely with her husband and created the maps for the fourth edition of the Field Guide to Eastern Birds; Noble Proctor, a professor of biology who was a close friend of Roger Tory Peterson's and led natural history tours for twenty-five years; and Pete Dunne, vice president of the New Jersey Audubon Society and director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, as well as the author of many books on birding. The maps have been updated by Virginia Peterson and Paul Lehman, past editor of Birding magazine and a bird tour leader who has traveled extensively around North America studying bird distribution and identification and has written many articles on these subjects.
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- Title A Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Large Format Edition
- Author Roger Tory Peterson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition LRG
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-08-15
- Large Print Yes
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Large Print, Maps
- ISBN 9780395963715 / 0395963710
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 10.66 x 6.68 x 0.7 in (27.08 x 16.97 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Birds - North America, Birds - North America - Geographical
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99020466
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.097
Excerpt
Veteran birders will know how to use this book. Beginners, however, should spend some time becoming familiar in a general way with the illustrations. They are not arranged in systematic or phylogenetic order as in most ornithological works but are grouped in 8 main visual categories:
(1) Swimmers Ducks and ducklike birds (2) Aerialists Gulls and gull-like birds (3) Long-legged Waders Herons, cranes, etc.
(4) Smaller Waders Plovers, sandpipers, etc.
(5) Fowl-like Birds Grouse, quail, etc.
(6) Birds of Prey Hawks, eagles, owls (7) Nonpasserine Land Birds (8) Passerine (Perching) Birds
Within these groupings it will be seen that ducks do not resemble loons; gulls are readily distinguishable from terns. The needlelike bills of warblers immediately differentiate them from the seed-cracking bills of sparrows. Birds that could be confused are grouped together when possible and are arranged in identical profile for direct comparison. The arrows point to outstanding field marks” which are explained opposite.
(1) Swimmers Ducks and ducklike birds (2) Aerialists Gulls and gull-like birds (3) Long-legged Waders Herons, cranes, etc.
(4) Smaller Waders Plovers, sandpipers, etc.
(5) Fowl-like Birds Grouse, quail, etc.
(6) Birds of Prey Hawks, eagles, owls (7) Nonpasserine Land Birds (8) Passerine (Perching) Birds
Within these groupings it will be seen that ducks do not resemble loons; gulls are readily distinguishable from terns. The needlelike bills of warblers immediately differentiate them from the seed-cracking bills of sparrows. Birds that could be confused are grouped together when possible and are arranged in identical profile for direct comparison. The arrows point to outstanding field marks” which are explained opposite.
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- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 105
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