Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America : : A Photographic Guide /

Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America : : A Photographic Guide / / Steve N. G. Howell.

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Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Howell, Steve N. G.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (512 p.) :; 975 photos and figs. 66 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Species Covered
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use This Book
  • Introduction
  • Petrels: Procellariidae
  • The Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) Complex
  • Albatrosses: Diomedeidae
  • The Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) Complex
  • The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) Complex
  • Storm-Petrels: Oceanitidae and Hydrobatidae
  • The Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) Complex
  • The Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Complex
  • Abbreviati ons and Terminology
  • Appendix A: Rcently Extinct Species
  • Appendix B. Hypothetical Records
  • Literature Cited
  • Index

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