02755nam 2200709 a 450 991095872130332120240514033948.09786613294302978147298290214729829089781283294300128329430397814081524611408152460(CKB)2670000000122114(EBL)773614(OCoLC)764478368(SSID)ssj0000632661(PQKBManifestationID)12245672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632661(PQKBWorkID)10610506(PQKB)11163080(Au-PeEL)EBL773614(CaPaEBR)ebr10511465(CaONFJC)MIL329430(MiAaPQ)EBC773614(Perlego)1691001(EXLCZ)99267000000012211420111214d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBirds of Melanesia the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia /Guy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.]1st ed.London Christopher Helm20111 online resource (451 p.)Helm field guidesIncludes index.9780713665406 0713665408 9780691153506 0691153507 Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MELANESIAN ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDWATCHING IN MELANESIA; CONSERVATION; USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS; ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA; CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; GAZETTEER; INDEXThis new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, thisHelm field guides.BirdsMelanesiaBirds598598.09958598/.09958598.0995Dutson Guy1807235Allen Richard1964-1807236MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958721303321Birds of Melanesia4356842UNINA