The book of eggs : a lifesize guide to the eggs of six hundred of the world's bird species / Mark E. Hauber; editors, John Bates & Barbara Becker; photography, John Weinstein.
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by John Bates
- Introduction
- Egg anatomy & physiology
- Egg size & shape
- Egg coloration & patterning
- Nests & eggs
- Breeding strategies : clutch size
- Breeding strategies : nest parasitism
- Science & egg collections
- The eggs. Water birds ; Large non-passerine land birds ; Small non-passerine land birds ; Passerines
- Appendices. Glossary ; Resources & useful information ; The classification of birds ; Index by common name ; Index by scientific name ; Acknowledgments.
