TY  - BOOK
AU  - Callahan, David
AU  -  Mitchell, Dominic 
TI  - A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects
SN  - 9781408186183
U1  - 598.07 
PY  - 0000///052014///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
KW  -  Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
KW  - Birds (ornithology)
N2  - This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. Each  item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include: An Egyptian 'field guide' [early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable as species] Ornithologiae libri tres: the first British bird guide [a 1676 publication that attempted to itemise all British birds known at the time] The Dodo specimen held at the Horniman museum Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus [the first-ever system of scientific names in 1758, and still the international standard today] The shotgun The book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White [1789] HMS Beagle [the ship on which Darwin made his ground-breaking discoveries] Aluminium bird rings [used to record movement and longevity of individuals and species] along with many more modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps
ER  -