Animals of New Zealand An Account of the Dominion''s Air-Breathing Vertebrates

Klappentext Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836-1905) was a geologist and a supporter of Darwinian theory. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1866, became Professor of Biology at Canterbury College, and won awards both in Britain and Australasia for his work on the natural history of New Zealand. He published scientific papers on biology and zoology as well as geology and, with James Drummond, wrote two popular works, Nature in New Zealand (1902) and The Animals of New Zealand (1904). The latter was extremely successful. It was revised and expanded the following year, and this fourth edition was published in 1923. The book focuses on native vertebrates, so the bulk of the content relates to birds, of which Hutton had published a catalogue in 1871. It also describes marine mammals, reptiles, and bats, and gives brief coverage to introduced species. There are 154 illustrations, and indexes of Maori, English and scientific names. Zusammenfassung Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836-1905) devoted his career to the natural history of New Zealand. In 1904! with James Drummond! he published this illustrated handbook of native vertebrates! and this expanded fourth edition appeared in 1923. The main focus is on birds! but marine mammals! bats and reptiles also feature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Mammalia; Aves; Reptilia; Amphibians; Appendix; Indices.

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• Autori: Hutton Frederick Wollaston, Frederick Wollaston Drummond Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, James Drummond
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 03.11.2011
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia
• EAN: 9781108040020
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04002-0
• Numero di pagine: 440
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
• Categorie: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; c 1800 to c 1900; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899; Zoology and animal sciences; Zoology: Vertebrates