Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States (Classic Reprint)
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Wyman, Luther E.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States To meet a long-existing demand for a guide that in concise and convenient form will enable students to identify in the field birds of southern California and Arizona, the "Birds of the Southwestern United States" is herewith presented. The territory considered includes all of Arizona, and that part of Nevada and California lying south of a line drawn from extreme northwestern Arizona, west and south through the mountain barrier fringing the southern end of the great central valley of California, to the ocean. This area possesses the most varied and interesting avifauna of any part of North America. Of the four North American Swifts, the three exclusively western forms occur within our limits. Ranging from lowest deserts to highest mountains are found eleven species of Hummingbirds, as compared with only one east of the Mississippi; while five species of Quail contrast with the one of the eastern United States. In southern California is Mount San Jacinto, noted in biological reports, where proximity of high mountain and below-sea-level desert has produced a remarkable concentration of Life Zones, each with its characteristic species. Arizona attracts world-wide travel with its Grand Canyon dropping from a plateau of 6000 feet elevation to the narrow river gorge a mile below. Here in a day´s trip we find birds and plants of three Life Zones corresponding to the 1000 miles of latitude between Mexico and Canada; while near by are the San Francisco Peaks, rising to nearly 13,000 feet, and carrying the Life Zones up through the Boreal, - the whole equivalent to a northward advance to Arctic shores. This bird-guide will be welcomed by those who feel the perennial charm of the desert. Only a few times in a century do the meager rains come so well timed as to produce the galaxy of color which is the miracle of desert springtime and which passes like a dream. But during all the year the bird residents give life and charm even to gray, leafless shrubs and sun-scorched landscapes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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