Biographies for Birdwatchers: The Lives of Those Commemorated in Western Palearctic Bird Names

by Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns, Mearns

Over one hundred species of Western Palearctic birds bear English or Latin names which commemorate people. But who were Stellar, Bonaparte, Sabine and Eleonora and the rest and how did their names become attached to the various species? This book is a reference and an account of the achievements of the early ornithologists and collectors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124874223
• ISBN13: 9780124874220
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.