A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands
Author : Arthur Humble Evans
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Shetland (Scotland)
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Author : Arthur Humble Evans
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Shetland (Scotland)
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Author : Thomas E. Buckley
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Orkney (Scotland)
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Author : John Alexander Harvie-Brown
Publisher :
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Animals
ISBN :
Author : John Alexander Harvie-Brown
Publisher :
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Birds
ISBN :
Author : Leonard Jenyns
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 1835
Category : Vertebrates
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1642 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : John Alexander Harvie-Brown
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Birds
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Author : William Herbert Mullens
Publisher :
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Birds
ISBN :
Author : John Berry
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN :
During the century leading up to this book's publication in 1941, there had been a complete revolution in conditions governing the habits and numbers of wildfowl in many parts of the world. Industrial innovations such as the breech-loading gun, the steam-engine, and the internal combustion engine not only increased destruction, but, by disturbance of previously quiet resting places, led to vast changes in distribution. In most locations, these changes were masked by seasonal fluctuations, and too slow for the average wildfowler to notice. But it began to be realised, especially in North America, that the number of wildfowl was seriously diminishing. To obtain accurate information, the International Committee for Bird Preservation adopted a far-reaching scheme of investigation and inquiry. This first publication gives the results of the investigations in Scotland. It attempts to record a distributional index and practical estimate of a country's total stock of wildfowl.