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

  • Attenborough, David, 1926-
Date:
2012
  • Books

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Description

From the moment they were introduced to the European mind in the early sixteenth century, their unique beauty was recognised and commemorated in the first name that they were given -- birds so beautiful they must be birds from paradise.

Publication/Creation

London : Collins, 2012.

Physical description

251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Bibliographic information

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.

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    History of Medicine
    ASSP.AL.3
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ISBN

  • 9780007487615
  • 0007487614