Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse


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This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all. The group includes some of the world's most familiar and beautiful birds, such as Indian Peafowl and the stunning tragopans, as well as some of the rarest and most threatened. Some survive in fragments of over-exploited habitats, whilst others are now so familiar in domestication that it is difficult to imagine that they had any wild ancestors at all. As with other volumes in the award-winning Helm Identification Guide series, this book concentrates on identification and distribution, but also highlights conversation issues where relevant. Each species is treated in detail, reflecting the extensive knowledge of both authors. The 72 colour plates, by leading bird illustrators, show male, female, juvenile and subspecies plumages, and form the finest set of illustrations of these birds to date. There is also a colour distribution map for each species. Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse is a welcome addition to the Helm Identification Guide series, more importantly, a landmark volume in the literature of this attractive and vulnerable group of birds.




Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse


Book Description

This guide brings together, for the first time within a single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer--over 250 species in all. The group includes some of the world's most familiar and beautiful birds, such as the Indian peafowl and the stunning tragopans, as well as some of the rarest and most threatened. This book concentrates on detailed identification and distribution, but also highlights conservation issues where relevant. The seventy-two color plates, by leading bird illustrators, show male, female, juvenile, and subspecies plumages, and form the finest set of illustrations of these birds to date. There is also a color distribution map for each species. Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse is a landmark volume in the literature of this attractive and vulnerable group of birds. Comprehensive identification guide to over 250 species of pheasants, partridges, and grouse throughout the world Detailed text covering identification, description, geographical variation, voice, status, habitat and behavior, distribution, movements, and measurements 72 color plates depicting male, female, juvenile, and subspecies plumages Information on conservation issues Glossary, index, reference, and bibliography




The North American Quails, Partridges, and Pheasants


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This book documents the biology of six species of New World quails that are native to North America north of Mexico (mountain, scaled, Gambel's, California, and Montezuma quails, and the northern bobwhite), three introduced Old World partridges (chukar, Himalayan snowcock, and gray partridge), and the introduced common (ring-necked) pheasant. Collectively, quails, partridges, and pheasants range throughout all of the continental United States and the Canadian provinces. Two of the species, the northern bobwhite and ring-necked pheasant, are the most economically important of all North American upland game birds. All of the species are hunted extensively for sport and are highly popular with naturalists, birders, and other outdoor enthusiasts.




A Hand-book to the Game Birds


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American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting


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Excerpt from American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting: Describing the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Hunting and Shooting the American Partridge; Quail, Ruffed Grouse; Pheasant, With Directions for Handling the Gun, Hunting the Dog, and the Art of Shooting on the Wing, Containing a History of the Partridge An Page Foes of the Partridges, Flight of the Partridges, Migration, Wandering Birds, Haunts and Habits of Partridges, and Where Found, Withholding Scent, Late in the Season, Hunting, Hunting Partridges, Firing into Coveys, Wounded Game, Scattering a Covey, How to Bag Wounded Partridges, Towering of a Partridge, The Sportsman Who Never Fails to Hit The Excitable Sportsman, The Reckless Sportsman, The Bad Shot, or Unskilled Sportsman, Miscellaneous Hints, Dress, Boots, Knife, Drinking Cup, Powder, Shot, Accouterments, Caps, Wadding, The Grouse, Spruce Partridge, Canada Grouse, Columbia sharp-tailed Grouse, Prairie Hen, Prairie Chicken, Pinnated Grouse, Franklin's Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Oregon Dusky Grouse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.