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A comprehensive guide to the feathers of European birds.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Collecting methods, conservation and identification
2. Factors useful for identification
3. Determining the location of a feather on a bird
4. Flight and tail feather shapes and adaptations
5. Keys to flight and tail feather determination
6. Some examples of identifiable body feathers
7. Exercise in the identification of some feathers of common species
8. Species descriptions

Appendices

About the Author

Cloé Fraigneau is an ornithologist who works for the Éducation et Recherche sur les Oiseaux et la Nature (Education and Research on Birds and Nature) association.

Reviews

This is an attractive book that will be of great use to anyone who collects feathers, and to a wider audience too.
*British Birds*

A beautiful and highly original work.
*Stephen Moss*