Raptors of the world
Field guides
992 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: LIST OF SPECIES 6
PREFACE 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 15
INTRODUCTION 17
USING THIS BOOK 20
ORDERS OF RAPTOR POPULATION SIZES 26
RAPTOR TOPOGRAPHY 27
MEASURING LENGTHS AND WINGSPANS OF RAPTORS 31
SEX AND AGE DIFFERENCES IN SIZES AND SHAPES OF RAPTORS 35
IDENTIFYING RAPTORS 40
RAPTOR MIGRATION 44
RAPTOR MOULT PATTERNS AND AGE CRITERIA by Carl Edelstam 50
RAPTOR VISION, HEARING AND OLFACTION by CarlEdelstam 54
RAPTOR PLUMAGES AND EXTERNAL STRUCTURE by Carl Edelstam 57
TAXONOMY, SEQUENCE AND NOMENCLATURE OF RAPTORS 69
ENGLISH NAMES OF RAPTORS 76
COLOUR PLATES 80
SYSTEMATIC SECTION 305
BIBLIOGRAPHY 926
INDEX 981