LEADER 02585nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910819324003321 005 20240514033948.0 010 $a1-4729-8290-8 010 $a1-283-29430-3 010 $a9786613294302 010 $a1-4081-5246-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000122114 035 $a(EBL)773614 035 $a(OCoLC)764478368 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610506 035 $a(PQKB)11163080 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL773614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511465 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC773614 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000122114 100 $a20111214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBirds of Melanesia $ethe Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia /$fGuy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cChristopher Helm$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (451 p.) 225 1 $aHelm field guides 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7136-6540-8 311 $a0-691-15350-7 327 $aCover; 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; INDEX 330 $aThis new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this 410 0$aHelm field guides. 606 $aBirds$zMelanesia 615 0$aBirds 676 $a598 676 $a598.09958 676 $a598/.09958 676 $a598.0995 700 $aDutson$b Guy$01650507 701 $aAllen$b Richard$f1964-$01650508 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819324003321 996 $aBirds of Melanesia$93999926 997 $aUNINA