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Book

The wall of birds : one planet, 243 families, 375 million years : an artistic journey

Author

Jane Kim

Call Number

  • 759.13 K493 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers ; [Ithaca, NY] : The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2018.

Physical Description

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm

Notes

Includes gatefold at back endpages, with illustrations and maps.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's location taken from its website.

Contents

  • Foreword / by John W. Fitzpatrick
  • Introduction / by Jane Kim
  • Australasia : prima avis
  • Africa : the focal point
  • Europe & Asia : finding balance
  • Antarctica & the oceans : the Olympians
  • Evolution : the first steps
  • The Neotropics : a beautiful quandary
  • North America : the American dream
  • List of birds
  • About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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