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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825909003321

Autore

Hochbaum H. Albert (Hans Albert), <1911-1988.>

Titolo

Travels and traditions of waterfowl / / H. Albert Hochbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1967, c1955

ISBN

0-8166-5547-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Minnesota paperbacks ; ; no. 8

Disciplina

598.2

598.4

Soggetti

Water birds

Birds - Migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword --  Table of contents --  Part I. Travels of Waterfowl --  Part II. Migrations of Waterfowl --  Part III. Traditions of Waterfowl --  Bibliography --  Nomenclature of birds --  Acknowledgments --  Index of authorities --  Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Travels and Traditions of Waterfowl was first published in 1967. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. With the combined talents of naturalist, writer, and artist, H. Albert Hochbaum captures the varying moods of earth and sky and spirit of flight. For many years as director of the Delta Waterfowl Research Station in Manitoba, Canada, he has observed the ways of the waterfowl.