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Frank Gill
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Director of Science, National Audubon Society; President, American Ornithologists Union. Author of Ornithology and others.

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lesser flamingo
Bird, (class Aves), any of the more than 10,400 living species unique in having feathers, the major characteristic that distinguishes them from all other animals. A more-elaborate definition would note that they are warm-blooded vertebrates more related to reptiles than to mammals and that they…
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Ornithology
Ornithology
By Frank B. Gill

Ornithology is the classic text for the undergraduate ornithology course, long admired for its evolutionary approach to bird science. The new edition maintains the scope and expertise that made the book so popular while incorporating the latest research and updating the exquisite program of drawings.