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050		4	_aQL677 _b.P46 1781
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100	1		_aPennant, Thomas, _d1726-1798, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGenera of Birds / _cThomas Pennant.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1781.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (xxxii, 70 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Zoology
520			_aThe naturalist and traveller Thomas Pennant (1726-98) helped popularise British ornithology by meticulously compiling and arranging existing research. At the age of twelve, Pennant had been given Francis Willughby's Ornithology (1678), to which he credited his lifelong love of natural history. His own writings on ornithology are heavily based on the classification system devised by Willughby and John Ray, which divides birds primarily into land birds and waterfowl. Although Pennant's brief, accessible book brought few original insights to the field, it boosted public interest in the study and classification of birds. The detailed descriptions of the appearance and habits of each bird are enlivened by the author's elegant turns of phrase. This better-known 1781 version of the 1773 original includes fifteen fine engravings. Pennant's other zoological works include Arctic Zoology (1784-5) and his History of Quadrupeds (third edition, 1793), both of which are reissued in this series.
650		0	_aBirds _vClassification.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108067782
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pZoology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107049321
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