Birds
An Anthology
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish
272 pages
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25 halftones
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5.125 x 7.75
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction (c. 3-5,000 words)
Birds and birding, historical introduction
Birds and birding literature
A note on sources
A birding year: spring
Heath and Pasture
Coast, Sea and Shoreline
Moorland and Mountain
A birding year: summer
Field and Hedgerow
Town and City
In the Garden
A birding year: autumn
Flight and Migration
Hunting and Hawking
Exotics and Extinctions
A birding year: winter
Bird and Beast
Bird and Man
Sources and Bibliography
[by author with dates, and 2-5 line biography of each]
Acknowledgements
Introduction (c. 3-5,000 words)
Birds and birding, historical introduction
Birds and birding literature
A note on sources
A birding year: spring
Heath and Pasture
Coast, Sea and Shoreline
Moorland and Mountain
A birding year: summer
Field and Hedgerow
Town and City
In the Garden
A birding year: autumn
Flight and Migration
Hunting and Hawking
Exotics and Extinctions
A birding year: winter
Bird and Beast
Bird and Man
Sources and Bibliography
[by author with dates, and 2-5 line biography of each]
Acknowledgements
Review Quotes
Danny Heitman | Wall Street Journal
"For centuries, birds have inspired the abiding interest of writers, and it’s easy to see why. . . . Studying birds inevitably leads to interest in a hundred other vivid realities of the natural world. That relationship resonates throughout the pages of Birds: An Anthology. . . Birds is really about the birds of the English countryside and how these flying wonders and their surrounding landscape shape each other. Among the standouts are contributions from Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, George Eliot and Daniel Defoe."
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