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British Birds : A Pocket Guide /

A carefully designed and lavishly illustrated photographic guideThis innovative and carefully designed photographic guide provides a concise introduction to the identification of the 246 birds most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. It is the perfect book for anyone wanting to put a nam...

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Autores principales: Hume, Rob (Autor), Tipling, David (Autor), Harrop, Hugh (Autor), Swash, Andy (Autor), Still, Rob (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Rare migrants and regular vagrantsFurther reading; Acknowledgements and photographic credits; Index 
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