Melbourne john beaufoy publishing 2016 (2 resultados)

Octavo, paperback,176 pp.,colour photographs, map. This easy-to-use identification guide to the 282 bird species most commonly seen in Hong Kong is perfect for resident and visitor alike. The author's high quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions that include nomenclature (with vernacular names where relevant), size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Hong Kong encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, and IUCN status as at 2012.…

second edition).Quarto, dustwrapper,300 pp.,colour photographs. African Safari is an exploration of all that the word safari encompasses, from journeys on horseback and dugout canoes, the quiet drifting of a balloon and the tension of waiting on foot to the smell of dung, soil and the rain. This book provides an intimate odyssey through the great wilderness of Africa and an eye on its wild denizens, spiced with the echoes of a romantic history. African Safari is divided into eight chapters: South Africa (Kruger and the Kgalagadi, Namibia (Etosha, Damaraland and Kaokaland, Botswana (Okavango, Chobe, and Linyanti, Zimbabwe(Mana Pools and the Zambezi), Zambia (North and South Luangwa), Tanzania (Ngorongoro and the Serengeti), Kenya (Masai Mara, Amboseli, and Tsavo), Rwanda and Uganda (Parc des Volcans and Mgahinga).…