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Author:

Hauber, Mark E., 1972-, author.

Title:

The book of eggs : a life-size guide to the eggs of six hundred of the world's bird species / Mark E. Hauber ; editors, John Bates & Barbara Becker ; photography, John Weinstein.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

655 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm

Subject:

Birds--Eggs.
Birds--Eggs--Identification.
Birds--Nests.
Birds--Reproduction.
Birds--Classification.
Birds--Identification.
Birds--Eggs--North America--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Bates, John, 1951-, editor.
Becker, Barbara (Barbara A.), 1949-, editor.
Weinstein, John (John S.), 1955-, photographer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 646-647) and indexes.

Contents:

Foreword / by John Bates -- Introduction -- Egg anatomy & physiology -- Egg size & shape -- Egg coloration & patterning -- Nests & eggs -- Breeding strategies : clutch size -- Breeding strategies : nest parasitism -- Science & egg collections -- The eggs. Water birds ; Large non-passerine land birds ; Small non-passerine land birds ; Passerines -- Appendices. Glossary ; Resources & useful information ; The classification of birds ; Index by common name ; Index by scientific name ; Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

022605778X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226057781 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)860757198

LCCN:

2013042253

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)