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050		4	_aQL105 _b.P46 1785
082	0	4	_a591.998 _223
100	1		_aPennant, Thomas, _d1726-1798, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aArctic Zoology. _nVolume 2, _pClass II. Birds / _cThomas Pennant.
246	3	0	_aClass II. Birds
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1785.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (vi, pages 187-599) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Zoology
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aIn the 'Advertisement' to this 1784 two-volume work, Thomas Pennant (1726-98), zoologist and traveller, explains that his original intention was to record the zoology of North America 'when the empire of Great Britain was entire'. After the War of Independence, he changed his focus to the zoology (and people, archaeology and geology) of the Arctic regions of America, Europe and Siberia. The content of the volumes, one of the earliest works of systematic zoology published in Britain, is based on the writings of earlier zoologists, information obtained by Pennant from his scientific correspondents all over Europe and America, and his studies in private museums and collections. It is embellished with engravings of animals, birds, landscapes and artefacts. Volume 2 deals with land and water birds, including some, such as the passenger pigeon, which are now extinct. Other works by Thomas Pennant are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
650		0	_aZoology _zArctic regions.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108073660
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pZoology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107447264
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