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100 1 _aGosse, Philip Henry,
_d1810-1888
245 1 4 _aThe birds of Jamaica
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aPlates were issued in 1849, with title: Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica. See #73392.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-04-13
508 _aPeter Becker, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Birds of Jamaica" by Philip Henry Gosse is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on documenting the diverse species of birds found in Jamaica, providing insights based on original observations and investigations, aiming to expand the knowledge of tropical avian life. The opening of the book begins with a preface discussing the limited information available about tropical birds, emphasizing the value of detailed observations. Gosse acknowledges contributions from Richard Hill, an ornithologist in Jamaica, while expressing a commitment to thoroughness in documenting each species, no matter how trivial the details may seem. He discusses past incidents involving vultures, illustrating their behavior and feeding habits, which sets a tone of meticulous observation that is likely to continue throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: J. van Voorst, 1847
653 _aBirds -- Jamaica
700 1 _aHill, Richard,
_d1795-1872
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/birdsofjamaica00gossuoft
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73391
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