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Author:

Attenborough, David, 1926-

Title:

Drawn from paradise : the natural history, art and discovery of the birds of paradise / David Attenborough and Errol Fuller.

Publisher:

Harper Design,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

251, [5] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Birds of paradise (Birds)
Birds of paradise (Birds)--Pictorial works.
Birds in art.
Ornithologists.
Ornithological illustration.
Animal painters.

Other Authors:

Fuller, Errol.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The first of the family : genus Paradisaea -- The twelve-wired bird : genus Seleucidis -- The king and his cousins : genus Cicinnurus -- The head-plumed dancers : genus Parotia -- The superb bird : genus Lophorina -- The sicklebills : genus Epimachus and genus Drepanornis -- The highlanders : genus Astrapia -- The riflebirds : genus Ptiloris -- The final glories : genus Semioptera and genus Pteridophora with genus Astrapia -- The meaning of the dances -- Hybrids -- Appendix. People associated with the discovery and visual representation of birds of paradise.

ISBN:

0062234684
9780062234681

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)