Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs : : Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell / / Carrol L. Henderson.
Before modern binoculars and cameras made it possible to observe birds closely in the wild, many people collected eggs as a way of learning about birds. Serious collectors called their avocation "oology" and kept meticulous records for each set of eggs: the bird's name, the species re...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The House of the Talking Eggs -- 2. The Heyday of Oology: 1880–1918 -- 3. In the Beginning -- 4. Early Exits from the Land: These Birds Were among the First to Go -- 5. Wild Bird Eggs -- 6. The Handsaker Egg Collection: Ralph’s Talking Eggs -- 7. One Hundred Years Later -- 8. Scientific Value of Eggs and Egg Collections -- Epilogue -- Species Identification for Eggs in Photos -- Bibliography -- Index |
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