A 60-page introduction outlines the geographical area covered, explains the areas geography and bird distribution within it, and discusses climate and habitat, and bird migration. Also included within this introduction are a section summarising the history of ornithology in the region, and essay on conservation, and a short summary of birding within the region. The introduction is followed by a 25-page section entitled "Using this book". This is then followed by the species accounts themselves, from pages 87 to 764.
A series of five appendices covers extinct species, species of hypothetical occurrence, birds of Pacific islands, of Gulf and Caribbean islands, and those found in eastern Honduras. These are followed by a 26-page bibliography, and indexes to English and scientific names.
guide, birds, mexico, northern, central, america, field, guide, birds, covering, 1070, species, found, mexico, five, other, countries, northern, central, america, guatemala, belize, salvador, honduras, nicaragua, 1995, book, steve, howell, sophie, webb, publis. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America is a field guide to birds covering 1070 species found in Mexico and five other countries in northern Central America Guatemala Belize El Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua It is a 1995 book by Steve N G Howell and Sophie Webb published by Oxford University Press A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central AmericaAuthorSteve N G HowellIllustratorSophie WebbCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPublished1995 Oxford University Press Media typePrint Paperback ISBN0 19 854012 4OCLC28799888A 60 page introduction outlines the geographical area covered explains the areas geography and bird distribution within it and discusses climate and habitat and bird migration Also included within this introduction are a section summarising the history of ornithology in the region and essay on conservation and a short summary of birding within the region The introduction is followed by a 25 page section entitled Using this book This is then followed by the species accounts themselves from pages 87 to 764 A series of five appendices covers extinct species species of hypothetical occurrence birds of Pacific islands of Gulf and Caribbean islands and those found in eastern Honduras These are followed by a 26 page bibliography and indexes to English and scientific names The covers are illustrated with paintings of Mexican birds a black throated magpie jay on the front cover a short crested coquette on the spine and an unspotted saw whet owl and two plumbeous kites on the rear cover 71 colour plates are placed centrally within the book between pages 400 and 401 Footnotes editBibliography editHowell Steve N G and Sophie Webb 1995 A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America ISBN 0 19 854012 4 nbsp This article about an ornithology related book is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America amp oldid 886329394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
