The Sparrows【電子書籍】[ Denis Summers-Smith ]

＜p＞＜strong＞While Denis Summers-Smith's monograph ＜em＞The Sparrows＜/em＞ presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and his work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus ＜em＞Passer＜/em＞ as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one of the group, found only in deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988.＜/p＞ ＜p＞His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailan．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る