Having trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, the ornithologist William Eagle Clarke (1853–1938) established himself in his field by preparing reports on bird migration for the British Association. Focusing on the species passing through the British Isles, Clarke spent many months in various lighthouses and on remote islands. He brought all his research together in this two-volume work, first published in 1912 and illustrated with maps, weather charts and photographs of key research locations. In Volume 1, Clarke notes which species arrive in the British Isles during each season. A map shows the routes they take. He also explains how weather conditions affect avian journeys, using charts to indicate temperature changes across Europe and wind conditions over Britain. The annual movements of swallows, skylarks, rooks and other species are then discussed individually. The volume closes with Clarke's account of the month he spent at the Eddystone Lighthouse.
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Volume 1
William Eagle Clarke
Cambridge University Press
1912
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/life-sciences/animal-behaviour/studies-bird-migration-volume-1
A reprint of the classic 1912 volume published in London by Gurney and Jackson.
LENGTH: 376 pages
DIMENSIONS: 216 x 140 x 21 mm
WEIGHT: 0.48kg
CONTAINS: 2 b/w illus. 7 maps
Review in the Auk: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v029n03/p0403-p0405.pdf
English , Palearctic, , United Kingdom, Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology 01/01/1912 01/01/2014 9781108066976 No value 10.5962/bhl.title.8407
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