Information About
This is an introductory work intended for residents and visitors to the island of Singapore. It describes the common and the less common birds and includes notes on the species as well as the popular, technical and Malay names. Each bird is described and its distribution, status in Singapore and habits are indicated. Field notes on it are also provided.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Bucknill, John A. S., Sir
- Subject
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- Birds--Singapore
- Publisher
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- Printed at the G.P.O., 1927
- National Library Board Singapore, 1927
- Contributors
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- Chasen, F. N. (Frederick Nutter), 1896-
- Levett-Yeats, G. A.
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 31 col. plates
- Table of Contents
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- (i) Preface -- (ii) List of plates -- (iii) Introduction -- 1. Field work -- 2. Geographical -- 3. On the nomenclature of birds -- 4. The bird itself -- 5. Plan of the book -- (iv) Systematic part -- 1. Game birds -- 2. Hemipodes -- 3. Pigeons -- 4. Rails -- 5. Sea-birds and waders -- 6. Herons and bitterns -- 7. Eagles and hawks -- 8. Owls -- 9. Parrots -- 10. Picarian birds -- 11. Trogons -- 12. Cuckoos -- 13. Woodpeckers and barbets -- 14. Broadbills -- 15. Perching birds -- (v) Index -- 1. Popular names -- 2. Technical names -- 3. Malay names
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2005.