Cormorants, Darters and Pelicans of the World

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Cormorants, Darters and Pelicans of the World

By Johnsgard, Paul A.

SKU# 19826

$ 20.00

Pp. xiv, 445; 32 pages of color plates (mainly photographs).  Publisher’s original black cloth, lettered in orange on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to (280 x 215 mm).  This is the first worldwide survey of cormorants, darters and pelicans.  The volume presents 32 species of cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae) two species of darters (Anhingidae) and seven of pelicans (Pelecanidae).  The account cover species’ phylogeny, taxonomy, zoogeography, comparative anatomy, behavior, reproductive biology, population and breeding dynamics and conservation biology.  No ownership marks.

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press
Publisher Place Washington, DC
Date Published 1993
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Fine
Condition Description A fine copy in fine dust jackets.
ISBN 1-560098-216-0
Limited Edition