文档介绍：Birds & Natural History
2011
Contents
12 Princeton Field Guides 24 Reference
18 Field Guides 26 Princeton Pocket Guides
19 Identification Guides 27 Insects & Spiders
20 Princeton Illustrated Checklists 28 Of Related Interest
22 Photographic Guides 29 Index/Order Form
A Message from the Editor
e to our new catalog. And what better way to start than with
The Crossley ID Guide. The word “revolutionary” has been cheapened by
overuse; but I really cannot think of a better way to describe this book.
Forget static, decontextualized images of birds floating in white space
on the page. The in-focus scenes on each plate of The Crossley ID Guide
show birds in all plumages, at varying distances, and in different poses
and habitats—as you truly see them in real life. But the book is far more
than just an amazing visual feast; it’s a powerful teaching guide, showing
how to focus on shape, size, behavior, patterns of color, and probability
to identify birds. Above all, Crossley shows that by learning to look you
will learn to see, and in the process e a better birder, whatever
your level. Comprehensive and stunningly attractive, this guide ushers in
a new era of real-life guides. Heady stuff!
Switching gears, we have a bunch of excellent references—local and
global. Through detailed maps and graphics, Mike Unwin’s Atlas of Birds
distills a vast amount of data covering distribution, behavior, and conser-
vation of birds worldwide. At the more local level, Bill Boyle’s Birds of New
Jersey is an up-to-the-minute summary of the status and distribution of
the Garden State’s birds. Richly illustrated with color maps and more than
200 color photographs, it is a much-needed reference for any East Coast
birder. Avian Architecture is a superbly illustrated guide to the variety
of ways in which birds construct nests. Breaking down nests into major
types, Peter Goodfellow provides a step-by-