A Conspiracy of Ravens
A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
With a Foreword by Bill Oddie and Illustrations by Thomas Bewick
144 pages
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126 halftones
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4 1/4 x 6 3/4
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© 2014
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Imprint
Foreword
A Conspiracy of Ravens
Review Quotes
Times Literary Supplement
“Collective nouns are always pleasing—even when there is little evidence of their having been in close proximity to spoken language. . . . A few collective nouns for birds are still heard, . . . but your companion at the lakeside would be surprised to hear you cry, ‘Behold, a posse of herons,’ or see you recoil at a ‘dropping of pigeons.’ These are included in this stocking-fillerish book, together with a ‘soar of kites,’ a ‘wake of buzzards,’ and a ‘merl of blackbirds.’”
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