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  | | Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies(4th Edition) by R. Tucker Abbott, Percy A. Morris, Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-16439-4, ISBN: 0-618-16439-1 "The colored photographs of living mollusks are the field work of Bob Lipe of St. Petershurg Beach; Frank Frumar of St. Louis, Missouri; Steven F. Barry of Panama City, Florida; and from the Shell Vision Bank of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum on Sanibel Island. The shells illustrated in a number of the color plates are from the excellent private collection of Edith and Harry Chippeaux of Ft . Myers, Florida. All American naturalist ..." |
 | | Houghton Mifflin 102819 First Guide To Birds Of N.a, Pack of 1(2nd Edition) by Roger Tory Peterson, George Petrides, Amy Bartlett Wright, Peterson Field Guide, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-395-90666-8, ISBN: 0-395-90666-0 "Roger Tory Peterson. WRENS. Small. energetic brown birds with slim. slightly curved bills. They may cock their tails. or dip them when they sing. There are 63 species in the world: 9 in North America. HOUSE WREN 4Va-5" This is our best- known wren. the one that shares our gardens and often nests in boxes built specifically for it. Its stuttering. gurgling song is almost incessant. Nesting across southern Canada and the northern U.S. ..." |
 | | Houghton Mifflin 102826 First Guide To Trees, Pack of 1(2nd Edition) by George A. Petrides, Roger Tory Peterson, Janet Wehr, Olivia Petrides, Peterson First Guides., Peterson Field Guide, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-91183-9, ISBN: 0-395-91183-4 "George A. Petrides Roger Tory Peterson. Editor's. Note. In 1934. my Field Guide to the Birds first saw the light of day. This book was designed so that live birds could be readily identified at a distance. by their patterns. shapes. and field marks . without resorting to the technical points specialists use to name species in the hand or in the specimen tray. The book introduced the "Peterson System." as it is now called. a visual s ..." |
 | | Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America(2nd Edition) (Peterson Field Guides (Paperback)) by Lawrence M. Page, Brooks M. Burr, Eugene C. Beckham, Justin Sipiorski, Joseph Tomelleri, John Parker Sherrod, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-24206-4, ISBN: 0-547-24206-9 "In the 20 years since publication of the first edition the number of freshwater fish species has risen by almost 150 This second edition incorporates all of these new species plus all new maps and a collection of new and revised plates There are nearly 1 000 species of freshwater fishes in North America alone and sometimes identifying them can seem like a daunting almost impossible task In fact in just the twenty years since publication ..." |
 | | A Peterson Field Guide to Wildflowers(Updated) Northeastern and North-central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Roger Tory Peterson, Margaret Mckenny, Mariner Books Staff, Winston S. Churchill, Peterson Guides, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-91172-3, ISBN: 0-395-91172-9 "Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides—their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U.S., westward to the Dakotas and south ..." |
 | | Peterson First Guide to Urban Wildlife(Reprint) by Sarah B. Landry, Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-93544-6, ISBN: 0-395-93544-X "The system is now used throughout the Peterson Field Guide series, which has grown to over 40 volumes on a wide range of subjects. from ferns to fishes, rocks to stars, animal tracks to edible plants. Even though ... As Sarah Landry shows us in these pages, we don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range ... more you will see. Roger Tory Peterson This one ||||||||Illll . 2A-QQN -4URR Introducing Urban ..." |
 | | Peterson First Guide to Astronomy(Reprint) by Roger Tory Peterson, Professor Jay M. Pasachoff, Robin Brickman, Wil Tirion, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-93542-2, ISBN: 0-395-93542-3 "Jay M. Pasachoff Roger Tory Peterson. White. Dwarfs. and. Supernovae. When a star — a hot ball of gas — uses up the nuclear fuel near its center. it collapses. How it ends up depends on how much mass it had. A star with as much mass or less mass than the sun gives off a planetary nebula. The nebula's central star cools to become a white dwarf. a tiny star containing perhaps as much mass as the sun but compressed into a size no larg ..." |
 | | Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America(4th Edition) Fourth Edition (Peterson Field Guides) by Fiona A. :. Reid, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-93596-5, ISBN: 0-395-93596-2 "The Peterson Field Guide Series (R) Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson InstituteAmerica's Best-Selling Field GuidesTHE PETERSON IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Roger Tory Peterson's unique system shows exactly what features to look for to tell one species from another.EASE OF USE Peterson Field Guides are designed to work in the field, and every illustration, every word, is ..." |
 | | A Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets(4th Edition) (Peterson Field Guides) by Wil Tirion, Roger Tory Peterson, Jay M. Pasachoff, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-93431-9, ISBN: 0-395-93431-1 "The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide was revised and updated to include the latest information. As of the 14th printing (June 2016; the cover medallion says "Pluto Flyby Included), all the time-sensitive material is valid through 2020: solar eclipses, phases of the moon, positions of the planets, and more. Twenty-four Monthly Sky Maps, revised and in color, show exactly what you’ll see when facing north or south in the ni ..." |
 | | A Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Forests North America (Peterson Field Guides) by John C. Kricher, Gordon Morrison, Roger Tory Peterson, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-92895-0, ISBN: 0-395-92895-8 "Often, when a butterfly or moth is at rest, it will be cryptic, blending very well w ith its background, but many butterflies and moths "hedge their bets" against escaping predation by also employing distraction patterns in the event of discovery. Distraction patterns are evident when the insect ... Another adaptation that serves to startle predators is the presence of eye-like spots on the wings of various butterflies, moths, and ..." |
 | | A Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians(3rd Edition) (Peterson Field Guides) by Robert C. Stebbins, Roger Tory Peterson, Robert Cyril Stebbins, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-395-98272-3, ISBN: 0-395-98272-3 "Amphibians and Reptiles of Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Publishing Co. Arizona Lowe, C. H. Jr. i964. The Vertebrates of Arizona: Annotated Check Lists of the Vertebrates of the State: The Species and \\here They Live. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. California Fisher, R. N., and T. J. Case, i 997. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California. Sponsored ..." |
 | | A Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America(5th Edition) (Peterson Field Guides) by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-74046-0, ISBN: 0-395-74046-0 "Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Peterson’s field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and wr ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes North America (Peterson Field Guides) by G. Carleton Ray, C. Richard Robins, John Douglass, National Audubon Society, Roger Tory Peterson, National Wildlife Federation, Robins Ray Douglass, Houghton Mifflin Company, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 354 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-97515-2, ISBN: 0-395-97515-8 "1 About This Book This is the first comprehensive field guide to the marine fishes of the entire eastern coast of North America from arctic Canada to Mexico. This Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes is a compact, easy-to-use guide, designed to help you identify all of the more than 1,000 fish species that occur in coastal waters of this region. It emphasizes simple, yet reliable, ways to identify fishes in the field, based on dist ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Coral Reefs(1st Edition) Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guides) by Eugene Herbert Kaplan, Roger Tory Peterson, Susan L. Kaplan, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-00211-5, ISBN: 0-618-00211-1 "One study found over 300 species of attached animals inhabiting the lower surfaces of corals and other cryptic reef environments in Jamaica. A few massive corals and platelike lettuce corals — Lamarck's, Fragile, and Sunray Lettuce-leaf Corals and Agaricia undata, for example — are also here, as are a few individual large round cups of Scofymia, the only genus of solitary coral in the Atlantic Ocean. Small fields of leafy Agaricia ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals(5th Edition) (Peterson Field Guides) by Frederick H. Pough, Roger Tory Peterson, Jeffrey Scovil, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-91096-2, ISBN: 0-395-91096-X "Dana, Edward Salisbury. Minerals and How to Study Them, 3rd ed., revised by Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1971. New York: John Wiley and Sons. An introductory version of the more advanced Manual of Mineralogy, and although excellent, not to be preferred to it except for youngsters. . A Textbook of Mineralogy. 5th ed., revised and enlarged by William E. Ford, 1954. New York: John Wiley and Sons. This oldie-but-goodie one-volume work li ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Insects(2nd Edition) America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) by Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Donald Joyce Borror, Roger Tory Peterson, Mariner Books Staff, E. W. Stovall, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-395-91170-9, ISBN: 0-395-91170-2 "Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides—their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore(1st Edition) From the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras (Peterson Field Guides) by Kenneth L. Gosner, Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-00209-2, ISBN: 0-618-00209-X "More than 1,000 illustrations, arranged according to visual similarities, show plant and animal species of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. This guide includes information on how to locate each species by geographic range, tidal range, tidal level, season, topography, and climate." |
 | | A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs(2nd Edition) Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Steven Foster, James Alan Duke, Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-395-98814-5, ISBN: 0-395-98814-4 "With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant descriptions, and organization of plants by colors all make this an essential guide to understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants around us. At a time when interest in he ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores(2nd Edition) Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean (Peterson Field Guides) by M.D Eugene H. Kaplan, Susan L. Kaplan, Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-97516-9, ISBN: 0-395-97516-6 "Although the classification of nudibranchs and sea slugs )opis- thobranchs) is largely based on internal characteristics, for field identification they are grouped below according to external features. This is an artificial system and, for the most part, does not reflect true taxonomic relationships. Unless otherwise specified, all species are found in s. Florida and the Caribbean. Next 3 species: These sea slugs have a shell f hid ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians(4th Edition) Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Joseph T. Collins, Roger Conant, Roger Tory Peterson, Isabelle Hunt Conant, Tom R. Johnson, Suzanne L. Collins, Mariner Books, Peterson Gdes. Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-395-90452-7, ISBN: 0-395-90452-8 "Eastern and Central North America Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins. Eumeces, ( cont.) multivirgatus epipleurotus, 27i multivirgatus multivirgatus, :7' obsoletus, 266 septentrionalis obtusirostris, 270 septentrionalis septentrionalis, 269 tetragrammus brev'ilineatns, 267 tetragrammus tetragramntns, 267 Eurycea, 487 aquatica, 490 bislineata, 488 c/rri"c'ra, 488 junaluska, 490 longicauda grMolineata, ... Bronze, 560, PL 4» Carpenter, 55 ..." |
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