This text contains a brilliant guide to the correct identification of swans, ducks, and geese. Complete with a plethora of highly detailed and helpful illustrations, tables, and diagrams, this handbook is perfect for those with an interest in this area of ornithology and makes for a great addition to any collection of such texts. The sections of this book are: 'Measurements', 'Special Characteristics of Anatidae', 'Key to the Plates', 'Swans', 'Geese', 'Surface-Feeding Ducks', and 'Diving-Ducks'. This antique book has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction to the subject of ornithology.
This text contains a brilliant guide to the correct identification of swans, ducks, and geese. Complete with a plethora of highly detailed and helpful illustrations, tables, and diagrams, this handbook is perfect for those with an interest in this area of ornithology and makes for a great addition to any collection of such texts. The sections of this book are: 'Measurements', 'Special Characteristics of Anatidae', 'Key to the Plates', 'Swans', 'Geese', 'Surface-Feeding Ducks', and 'Diving-Ducks'. This antique book has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction to the subject of ornithology.
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