Buy this book on-line Ames, Peter L : The Morphology of the Syrinx in Passerine Birds(New Haven, Yale University, 1971)
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 37; 250 x 175 mm; original wraps card-stiffened and re-backed with cloth; name-stamp of Gordon L. Maclean (the renowned ornithologist) on front wrap; pp. vi + 194 + 21 plates, one of which has light pencil crayon highlighting. Good condition. An abstract of the book's contents appears at the beginning, in English, German, Spanish and Russian. "The syrinx, for more than a century an important organ in determining the subdivisions of the avian order Passeriformes (perching birds), was examined in 983 specimens, representing 65 of the 67 families recognized by most modern authorities. Particular emphasis was placed on the suborder Tyranni and especially on the family Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ames, Peter L : The Morphology of the Syrinx in Passerine Birds. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres illustrées, rare books, atlases and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |