Featuring new photography from Chicagos renowned Field Museum, The Book of Eggs explores 600 examples at actual size, alongside pattern details, clutch images, breeding range maps, and engravings of all the birds. A table of field-guide information identifies order, family, breeding range, nesting habitat, nest characteristics, and conservation status. This accompanies an expert narrative revealing the latest research and thinking on social structure; reproductive strategies; egg colour, maculation, and size; and incubation behaviour. Arranged taxonomically, according to evolutionary relationships, the book brings to light intriguing aspects of breeding biology. The result is a visual delight and an essential reference for every bird enthusiast, natural historian, and conservationist.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-01 - Publisher: Ivy Press
Featuring new photography from Chicagos renowned Field Museum, The Book of Eggs explores 600 examples at actual size, alongside pattern details, clutch images, breeding range maps, and engravings of all the birds. A table of field-guide information identifies order, family, breeding range, nesting habitat, nest characteristics, and conservation status. This
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-01 - Publisher: Applewood Books
Charles Senn's 1915 collection of sauce recipes, which he claimed to be the largest and most complete ever published in one volume, includes many standard sauces, like Hollandaise and Bechamel, as well as new recipes of the author's creation. This informative guide for both professional chefs and amateur cooks also
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-15 - Publisher: Read Books Ltd
This volume contains a complete guide to bee-keeping, with information on setting up, general management, diseases, common problems, increasing yields, and much more. "The Book of the Honey Bee" is highly recommended for both beginners and seasoned keepers alike, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of