Tudge, Colin.

The bird : a natural history of who birds are, where they came from, and how they live / Colin Tudge. - 1st American ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, [2009], c2008. - xvi, 462 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Originally published: Consider the birds. London : Allen Lane, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-436) and index.

Explains the evolutionary origins and future prospects of the avian class, covering such topics as the first proto-bird-dinosaurs and the differences between birds and mammals, in a guide that also introduces bird taxonomic order.

0307342042 : HRD $30.00 9780307342041

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Birds--History.
Birds.
Birds--Evolution.

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