Libros de HKIRKE SWANN

A Dictionary Of English And Folk-Names Of British Birds; With Their History, Meaning, And First Usage, And The Folk-Lore, Weather-Lore, Legends, Etc., Relating To The More Familiar Species

H. Kirke Swann / HKirke Swann

A living lexicon of British birds and their lore.Names hold their secret lives.H. Kirke Swann’s A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds is at once an ornithological dictionary and a generous British bird reference guide. Meticulously compiled entries trace bird name etymology and first usage while bringing English bird folklore and folk-lore bird legends into cl...

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23,42 €

Two Ornithologists on the Lower Danube - Being a Record of a Journey to the Dobrogea and the Danube Delta with a Systematic List of the Birds Observed

H. Kirke Swann / HKirke Swann / J. H. McNeile / JHMcNeile

First published in 1925, this volume contains an interesting account of an ornithological trip to the Danube Delta, the second largest river delta in Europe primarily situated in Romania and the Ukraine. It offers brief descriptions of the countries travelled through and their people, but focuses on what the two English men got up to and what they saw in the way of bird life. T...

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25,71 €

A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds

H. Kirke Swann / HKirke Swann

Originally published in 1913. This fascinating book contains detailed information on nearly 5000 bird names, including provincial, local and dialect names indicating the locality and meaning where possible. The Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and some Irish names have also been added. Many of the earliest bird books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extrem...

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34,56 €

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