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A groundbreaking photographic field guide to almost all of Mexico's butterfly species and many of Central America'sThis is a revised second edition of a groundbreaking photographic field guide to the butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Written by Jeffrey Glassberg, the pioneering authority on the field identification of butterflies, the guide covers more than 2,000 species and features over 3,700 large, gorgeous color photographs, the very best images available, accompanied by authoritative facing-page text. This second edition includes more species, more than 1,500 new photos, and updated text, maps, and species names. And range maps, field marks, and host plants are included for all Mexican butterflies. The result is an ideal field guide that will enable you to identify almost every butterfly you see.A revised second edition of a groundbreaking guide, featuring more species, more than 1,500 new photos, and updated text, maps, and species namesThe first complete guide to Mexican butterfliesCovers almost all of Mexico's more than 1,700 species, plus many Central American species, including more than two-thirds of those in Costa RicaWritten by the pioneering authority on the field identification of butterfliesBeautifully illustrated with more than 3800 color photographs that show almost all known Mexican species and about 90% of Costa Rican and Panamanian speciesRange maps, field marks, and host plants for all Mexican speciesAuthoritative facing-page textAn invaluable tool for field identification

Butterflies --- Butterflies --- Identification. --- Identification. --- Acanthaceae. --- Adelpha. --- Alchornea. --- Anartia fatima. --- Anartia jatrophae. --- Aristolochia. --- Asteraceae. --- Battus philenor. --- Battus polydamas. --- Bibliography. --- Blue-gray. --- Catemaco. --- Cecropia. --- Central America. --- Chiapas. --- Chromis. --- Clockwise. --- Cloud forest. --- Colias eurytheme. --- Colias philodice. --- Costa Rica. --- Dalechampia. --- Desmodium. --- Ecosystem. --- Ecuador. --- Eighty-eights. --- Ericaceae. --- Euphorbiaceae. --- Eye color. --- Fauna. --- Field guide. --- Halfmoon. --- Heliconius charithonia. --- Heliconius erato. --- Heliconius. --- Honduras. --- Illustration. --- Junonia coenia. --- Junonia evarete. --- Junonia genoveva. --- Lepidoptera. --- Lignum. --- Limenitis arthemis. --- Nicaragua. --- North America. --- Northern Mexico. --- Nymphalidae. --- Nymphalinae. --- Oaxaca. --- Orizaba. --- Passiflora. --- Pearl crescent. --- Publication. --- Rainforest. --- Ruddy. --- Sangay National Park. --- Sapindaceae. --- Scientist. --- South America. --- Speciation. --- Swallowtail butterfly. --- Tax. --- Urbanus dorantes. --- Western Mexico. --- White tail. --- Xilitla.

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A groundbreaking and accessible field guide to the birds of Britain and IrelandThis guide is a celebration of the beauty of birds and the British and Irish countryside. Aimed at beginner and intermediate birders, yet suitable for all levels, this new volume in the groundbreaking Crossley ID Guide series is the most user-friendly guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland. Following The Crossley ID Guides' award-winning design, this book looks at all regularly occurring species in Britain and Ireland, and shows readers how to identify birds in their natural habitats using size, structure, shape, probability, and behavior—just like the experts do! Stunning images are accompanied by the colorful and compelling text of Dominic Couzens, one of Britain's leading nature writers.This unique book treats more than 300 species—all the regularly occurring birds likely to be encountered by observers--and the guide's attractive pages provide a real-life approach to bird identification. Beautiful, in-focus scenes present birds in various plumages and in lifelike poses set in identifiable British and Irish habitats. The plates also illustrate how a bird's appearance changes with distance. Organizing images in cohesive, easy-to-understand plates rather than as separate photographs, this book also sets itself apart by containing more images that demonstrate flight, behavior, habitat, and plumages than any other volume available. Not only is this field guide a reference book, it is also a spectacular teaching resource that makes it easy for nature enthusiasts to see and appreciate the big picture of bird identification.The most user-friendly guide to the birds of Britain and IrelandA close look at more than 300 regularly occurring speciesAward-winning Crossley ID Guide designLifelike images of birds from near to farA celebration of the British and Irish countrysideA teaching and field guide and essential referenceConcise and compelling text by Dominic Couzens and Richard Crossley

Birds --- Bird watching --- Accipiter. --- Anatidae. --- Atlantic Ocean. --- Auk. --- Azure kingfisher. --- Barnacle goose. --- Barred warbler. --- Beak. --- Bee-eater. --- Bird feeder. --- British Isles. --- Buoy. --- Butcherbird. --- Chisel. --- Common buzzard. --- Common gull. --- Common ringed plover. --- Contact call. --- Courtship. --- Crex. --- DNA profiling. --- Dachshund. --- Distraction display. --- Diving duck. --- Domestic duck. --- Doppler effect. --- Duck call. --- Dunlin. --- Eurasian curlew. --- Eye color. --- Eyelash. --- Facial disc. --- Field guide. --- Flight feather. --- Freshwater marsh. --- Garden pond. --- Godwit. --- Great grey shrike. --- Great skua. --- Grey plover. --- Grooves (archaeology). --- Handkerchief. --- Hoopoe. --- Hornsea Mere. --- Invertebrate. --- Jack snipe. --- Larus. --- Little stint. --- Machair. --- Mammal. --- Marsh warbler. --- Mealworm. --- Mergus. --- Mimicry. --- Minutiae. --- Moulting. --- Mussel. --- Neck ring. --- Nest box. --- North America. --- Northern gannet. --- Nostril. --- Olive-backed pipit. --- Ornithology. --- Osprey. --- Peregrine falcon. --- Pipit. --- Plumage. --- Purr. --- Quantity. --- Red kite. --- Red knot. --- Red-backed shrike. --- Rodent. --- Salt marsh. --- Scaup. --- Sedge warbler. --- Sexual dimorphism. --- Shelduck. --- Shrike. --- Skua. --- Sternum. --- Storm petrel. --- Supercilium. --- Temminck's stint. --- Tern. --- Thrush (bird). --- Tit (bird). --- Velvet scoter. --- Vole. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Water pipit. --- Water rail. --- Weather. --- Whimbrel. --- Whispering. --- Whooper swan. --- Windbreak. --- Woodland edge.

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A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identificationThis unique photographic field guide to North America's gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gulls-gone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides.Featuring hundreds of color photos throughout, Gulls Simplified illustrates the variations of gull plumages for a variety of ages, giving readers strong visual reference points for each species. Extensive captions accompany the photos, which include comparative photo arrays, digitized photo arrays for each age group, and numerous images of each species-a wealth of visual information at your fingertips. This one-of-a-kind guide includes detailed species accounts and a distribution map for each gull.An essential field companion for North American birders, Gulls Simplified reduces the confusion commonly associated with gull identification, offering a more user-friendly way of observing these marvelous birds.Provides a simpler approach to gull identificationFeatures a wealth of color photos for easy comparison among speciesIncludes detailed captions that explain identification criteria and aging, with direct visual reinforcement above the captionsCombines plumage details with a focus on size, body shape, and structural features for easy identification in the fieldHighlights important field marks and physical features for each gull

North America. --- Nordamerika. --- Albinism. --- American coot. --- American herring gull. --- American oystercatcher. --- Arctic fox. --- Audubon's shearwater. --- Auk. --- Bald eagle. --- Bird atlas. --- Bird migration. --- Black-headed gull. --- Black-legged kittiwake. --- Black-tailed gull. --- Blue-gray. --- Bonaparte's gull. --- Booby. --- Broad-winged hawk. --- Brown booby. --- Brown pelican. --- Bycatch. --- California gull. --- Caspian tern. --- Common gull. --- Common tern. --- Covert feather. --- Diving bird. --- Diving duck. --- Dogfish. --- Dowitcher. --- Dunlin. --- Egret. --- Eye color. --- Flight feather. --- Forster's tern. --- Franklin's gull. --- Gannet. --- Glaucous gull. --- Glaucous-winged gull. --- Glaucous. --- Great black-backed gull. --- Great shearwater. --- Gull wing. --- Gull. --- Halibut. --- Heermann's gull. --- Herring gull. --- Horseshoe crab. --- Iceland gull. --- Invertebrate. --- Ivory gull. --- Kelp gull. --- Larva. --- Laughing gull. --- Lesser black-backed gull. --- Lesser scaup. --- Little gull. --- Marine biology. --- Masked booby. --- Mormon cricket. --- Moulting. --- Northern flicker. --- Northern fulmar. --- Northern gannet. --- Northwestern crow. --- Ornithology. --- Pacific gull. --- Parasitic jaeger. --- Pelican. --- Phalarope. --- Piebald. --- Plover. --- Plumage. --- Red-breasted merganser. --- Ring-billed gull. --- Rollover Pass. --- Ross's gull. --- Royal tern. --- Sabine's gull. --- Sandpiper. --- Sandwich tern. --- Sea otter. --- Seabird. --- Seawater. --- Sharp-shinned hawk. --- Shearwater. --- Skua. --- Slaty-backed gull. --- Sooty shearwater. --- Southern California. --- Tern. --- Thayer's gull. --- The Sibley Guide to Birds. --- Tilapia. --- Vega gull. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Western gull. --- White tern. --- Yellow-footed gull. --- Yellow-legged gull.