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A love affair with birds : the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts / Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts by Leaf, Sue, 1953-

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Biologists in the age of totalitarianism : personal reminiscences of ornithologists and other naturalists / by Nowak, Eugeniusz

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Commonwealth of Wings : an Ornithological Biography Based on the Life of John James Audubon. by Alexander, Pamela, 1948-

Subjects: “…Ornithologists United States Biography.…”
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Roger Tory Peterson : a biography by Carlson, Douglas, 1943-

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The feathery tribe : Robert Ridgway and the modern study of birds by Lewis, Daniel, 1959-

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Mr JW Lewin, Painter & Naturalist. by Neville, Richard Anthony John

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John James Audubon : the Nature of the American Woodsman by Nobles, Gregory

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Ghost birds : Jim Tanner and the quest for the ivory-billed woodpecker, 1935-1941 by Bales, Stephen Lyn

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Lost worlds : adventures in the tropical rainforest by Beehler, Bruce McP

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Life of David Lack : Father of Evolutionary Ecology. by Anderson, R. T. (R. Ted)

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Under a wild sky : John James Audubon and the making of the Birds of America by Souder, William, 1949-

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Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology : birds, book and business by McGhie, Henry A.

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Woman, watching : Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-

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Alexander Wilson : the Scot who founded American ornithology by Burtt, Edward H., Jr., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Themes in Wilson's life and writings -- A varied life -- Illustrating American ornithology -- Pioneer ornithologist -- Wilson's legacy -- Appendix A. On the shoulders of giants : Wilson's predecessors -- Appendix B. …”
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Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin by Birkhead, Tim, Wimpenny, Jo, Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis)

Table of Contents: “…Some histories of ornithology -- Appendix 2. Five hundred ornithologists.…”
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Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin by Birkhead, Tim, Wimpenny, Jo, Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis)

Table of Contents: “…Some histories of ornithology -- Appendix 2. Five hundred ornithologists.…”
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John James Audubon's journal of 1826 : the voyage to the Birds of America / Voyage to the Birds of America by Audubon, John James, 1785-1851

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A naturalist on a tropical farm by Skutch, Alexander F. (Alexander Frank), 1904-2004

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Charles Darwin's life with birds : his complete ornithology by Frith, Clifford B.

Table of Contents: “…The ornithologist thinks about avian sex -- 7. More thoughts on sex, and emotions, in birds -- 8. …”
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Daring to be different : Missouri's remarkable Owen sisters by Mueller, Doris Land, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Joseph : the place and its people -- The early years -- Mary Alicia leads the way -- Luella : geologist, explorer, painter, family historian -- "Miss Juliette" : ornithologist, botanist, and artist -- The twilight years -- The legacy of the Owen sisters -- Epilogue.…”
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Taking Flight : a History of Birds and People in the Heart of America. by Edmonds, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; 1 Thinking about Birds; 2 Bones, Stones, Mounds, and Magic; 3 Sun Kings, Shamans, and Thunderbirds; 4 The Great Spirit Had Blessed Them; 5 Missionaries, Monsters, and Miracles; 6 Soldiers, Statesmen, and Science; 7 Fledgling Ornithologists; 8 Ahonques, Timber-Doodles, and Shitquicks; 9 Feathers, Fetishes, and Fables; 10 The Great Extermination; 11 Thinking about People; Sources and Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.…”
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Budgerigar : how a brave, chatty and colourful little Aussie bird stole the world's heart by Harris, Sarah, Baker, Don

Table of Contents: “…A companion to the great -- Unbeknown to early tourists -- John Roach, the scoundrel bird-stuffer -- The goulded cage -- Birds in hand -- Further adventures of a bird-stuffer -- Budgerigar dreaming -- How ornithologists tell it -- Ship ahoy! -- Feathers fly -- Mon petit parakeet -- Of peas and Japanese -- Sick as a parrot -- By royal command -- The sealed section -- When duty calls -- The cult of the budgie -- Budgezilla -- It's showtime! …”
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Think green.

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Looking for Mr. Gilbert : the unlikely life of the first African American landscape photographer by Mitchell, John Hanson

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Hunting the gatherers : ethnographic collectors, agents and agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s / Ethnographic collectors, agents and agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s

Table of Contents: “…Gathering for God : George Brown and the Christian economy in the collection of artefacts / Helen Gardner -- Exploring tensions in material culture : commercialising ethnography in German New Guinea, 1870-1904 / Rainer Buschmann -- 'Before it has become too late' : the making and repatriation of Sir William MacGregor's official collection from British New Guinea / Michael Quinnell -- Surveying culture : photography, collecting and material culture in British New Guinea, 1898 / Elizabeth Edwards -- Collecting pygmies : the 'Tapiro' and the British Ornithologists' Union expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1910-1911 / Chris Ballard -- One time, one place, three collections : colonial processes and the shaping of some museum collections from German New Guinea / Robert L. …”
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A red bird in a brown bag : the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the house finch by Hill, Geoffrey E. (Geoffrey Edward)

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Growing wild : the correspondence of a pioneering woman naturalist from the Cape by Barber, Mary Elizabeth, 1818-1899

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Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar by Finlayson, Clive, 1955-

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The coming population crash : and our planet's surprising future by Pearce, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The Coming Population Crash -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Malthusian Nightmares -- Chapter 1: A Dark and Terrible Genius -- Chapter 2: The Road to Skibbereen -- Chapter 3: Saving the White Man -- Part Two: Rise of the Population Controller -- Chapter 4: An Ornithologist Speaks -- Chapter 5: The Contraceptive Cavalry -- Chapter 6: Three Wise Men -- Chapter 7: Six Dollars a Snip -- Chapter 8: Green Revolution -- Chapter 9: One Child -- Part Three: Implosion -- Chapter 10: Small Towns in Germany -- Chapter 11: Winter in Europe…”
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Emerging avian disease

Table of Contents: “…Fair [and others] -- Zoonotic diseases: what ornithologists and bird banders should know / Ornithological Council.…”
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Birdlife of the Gulf of Mexico by Burger, Joanna

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Virginia Woolf and the Natural World. by Czarnecki, Kristin

Table of Contents: “…Hudson, Visionary OrnithologistEvolution, History, and Flush; or, The Origin of Spaniels; "Lappin and Lapinova": A Woolf in Hare's Clothing?…”
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The Art of Ecology. by Hutchinson, G. Evelyn

Table of Contents: “…Ecological Aspects of Succession in Natural Populations The American Naturalist 75 (1941): 406-418Copepodology for the Ornithologist Ecology 32 (1951): 571-577; The Concept of Pattern in Ecology Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 105 (1953): 1-12; Concluding Remarks Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 22 (1957): 415-427; Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?…”
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Rescuers of skydivers search among the clouds : a novel by Lawler, Patrick

Table of Contents: “….; My Sister Solves The Riddle Of The Miniature House.; The Ornithologist Stands With Her Hands Cupped Together -- Palms Up -- Waiting To Catch What She Is Certain Is Falling Towards Her From The Sky.; Bodies Move Into Each Other Like Birds Into A Window.; The Person We Hired To Find Lost Things Becomes Lost.; Most Of Us Will Die From Complication From Our Treatments.; That Was The Year My Parents Began Speaking In A Strange Language.; The Birds Give Up Their Wigs.; The Healer Eventually Becomes Afraid Of Her Hands.…”
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What about Darwin? : all species of opinion from scientists, sages, friends, and enemies who met, read, and discussed the naturalist who changed the world by Glick, Thomas F.

Table of Contents: “…Synge -- T -- French critic and historian / Hippolyte Taine -- American educator / James Monroe Taylor -- English naturalist and pigeon breeder / William Bernhardt Tegetmeier -- French paleontologist / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- English poet / Alfred Lord Tennyson -- American historian / William Roscoe Thayer -- English mathematical biologist / D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson -- American naturalist and philosopher / Henry David Thoreau -- American literary historian / George Ticknor -- Russian biologist / Kliment Timiriazev -- American psychologist / Edward Bradford Titchener -- Russian novelist / Leo Tolstoy -- French anthropologist / Paul Topinard -- American botanist / Mary Treat -- English ornithologist and clergyman / Henry Baker Tristram -- English novelist / Anthony Trollope -- Russian politician / Leon Trotsky -- American author / Mark Twain.…”
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Quantum.

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The Helm dictionary of scientific bird names : from aalge to zusii by Jobling, James A.

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Birds in Scotland. by Thom, Valerie M.

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Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds / Feather time and the biology of birds by Grubb, Thomas C.

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Spare the Birds! : George Bird Grinnell and the First Audubon Society. by Merchant, Carolyn

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