BIRDS, MAMMALS and OTHER ANIMALS

Exciting pictures & detailed, specialized in-
formation on a wide variety of species and
their adaptations. Coverage includes birds,
primates,endangered, exotics,scavengers,
marine, nocturnal,aggression, learning,etc.

ATLAS OF BIRDS
Comprehensive, detailed coverage of the birds of the world, including many endang- ered and extinct species. 240 slides. 84 page text keyed to images. Binder.
EP #2001 SLIDES
$325.00

ATLAS OF THE ORDERS AND FAMILIES OF BIRDS Order EP 2001......$325.00

Intended for the specialist or other professional who needs a comprehensive array of
photographs of birds of various orders and families and readily accessible information on them.
The information is detailed, comprehensive and hard to come by. A one-stop resource for
the researcher or lecturer. These 240 slides provide coverage of 24 orders and over 100 families
and subfamilies of birds. Many endangered and extinct species and their history are covered.
Includes numerous multiple images. Many male and female pairs are shown, as well as young
and nests. 240 full color slides, 84 page text, three ring binder.

CONTENT SAMPLE:

ORDER PSITTACIFORMES

FAMILY PSITTACIDAE--PARROTS

The order Psittaciformes contains only one family, the parrots or Psittacidae, comprised
of 82 genera and about 316 species. Parrots are tropical to temperate birds which inhabit South
America--especially the Amazon Basin--New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. The various
species are known by many names, including parakeet, lorikeet, budgerigar, cockatoo, tory and
macaw. Nearly all are gregarious and noisy. Most are arboreal forest dwellers, but some,
especially the Australian species, live primarily on the ground.

All parrots have a strong, stout, sharply-hooked bill. Most eat fruits and berries, but the
Australian species which feed on the ground eat seeds primarily. The New Zealand kea (Nestor
notabilis) and kaku (N. meridionalis) are scavenging parrots which live almost entirely on carrion.
Other species often supplement their diets with insects, nuts or nectar.

Parrots, especially the forest species, are brightly colored, boldly patterned birds. Yet
they remain well-camouflaged within the forest canopy. Most species show no sexual
dimorphism in coloration. Long lived birds, some have lived 80 years or more in captivity.

Parrots have feet and toes especially adapted for climbing trees--two toes extend forward
and two backward for grasping. In climbing, they frequently use both feet and bill to pull
themselves along. They may also use their feet for grasping food, which they then hold up to eat.

Rather sedentary birds, most parrots nest in holes in trees, in rock crevices or in termite
mounds. Little or no nest material is gathered, and eggs are usually laid on a bare surface. The
young, hatched after some three weeks incubation, are altricial and mature slowly.

REVIEWS:

"For the bird enthusiast and college biology student this set will be a good addition to
public and college library collections." Booklist.

"Here is an attractive collection of good color photographs of most of the major groups of
birds...competent...strong...on descriptions of individual species..." Choice

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PART III: BIRDS--OSTRICH THROUGH GUINEA FOWL---CD-ROM
Order #CDR-1325......... $49.95
Lab Pack of 5 Order #CDR-1325-5....... $149.95

35-minute multimedia Presentation -:- Easy going narration with hundreds of interactive links
Very extensive supplemental information (over 20,000 words!)
350+ Color Photos, many full-screen, all can be copied and printed, even in color
65+ interactive Questions with Explanations, and automatic Quizzes
Customized electronic Glossary -:- Additional Free Dictionary and Encyclopedia
No Hard Drive Space required

This colorful, information-packed 35-minute multimedia presentation provides a comprehensive
introduction to the class Aves, the birds of the world. The living members of this class are
generally grouped into 27 orders and 155 families. This program presents the first 13 orders,
illustrated by 31 families. (A companion program, PART IV: BIRDS--CRANES THROUGH
PASSERINES, presents an additional 12 orders and 59 families, so that together a total of 25 of
27 orders and 90 of 155 families are covered.)

An easy going, highly informative interactive narrative is linked to a very extensive supplemental
text, providing easily accessible, near encyclopedic information about every bird—right at the
user’s fingertips! Additional interactive features access over 65 questions with explanations,
automatic quizzes and a customized glossary.

Provides over 350 full color photographs of live birds from around the world. Beginning with the
large flightless ratites, ostriches, emus, rheas and cassowaries, this program then covers such
diverse aquatic birds as penguins, loons, grebes, albatrosses, pelicans, cormorants, darters,
frigate birds, egrets, bitterns, storks, ibises, spoonbills, flamingos, ducks, geese, and swans.
Birds of prey such as condors, vultures, hawks, eagles and falcons are presented in detail, as are
various fowl, so many of which have become important food sources for humans-- chickens,
turkeys and guinea fowl. Scientific names are provided, as is historical and behavioral information,
habitats are located and described, and the physical, behavioral, and ecological similarities of bird
species within families as well as across families are detailed.

Included free on this disk, greatly enhancing its value as a reference tool, are Webster’s New
World Dictionary (Third College Edition) featuring more than 150,000 entries and the American
Concise Encyclopedia with more than 15,000 entries and original source documents.
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PART IV: BIRDS--CRANES THROUGH PASSERINES---CD-ROM
Order #CDR-1326......... $49.95
Lab Pack of 5 Order #CDR-1326-5....... $149.95

40-minute multimedia Presentation -:- Easy going narration with hundreds of interactive links
Very extensive supplemental information (over 20,000 words!)
350+ Color Photos, many full-screen, all can be copied and printed, even in color
75+ interactive Questions with Explanations, and automatic Quizzes
Customized electronic Glossary -:- Additional Free Dictionary and Encyclopedia

This colorful, information-packed, 40-minute multimedia presentation completes our
comprehensive introduction to the class Aves, the birds of the world. It provides an incomparable
journey to such exotic locals as Australia, the Amazon, the Poles, and Pacific archipelagos as it
details the nature and life styles of such birds as crowned cranes, laughing kookaburras,
thrushes, colorful parrots and puffins, and the highly varied and numerous passerines—the
songbirds. This program picks up where the previous program (PART III: BIRDS--OSTRICH
THROUGH GUINEAFOWL) ends, presenting 12 additional orders, illustrated by 59 families, so
that together a total of 25 of 27 orders and 90 of 155 families are surveyed.

An easy going, highly informative interactive narrative is linked to a very extensive supplemental
text, providing easily accessible, near encyclopedic information about every bird—right at the
user’s fingertips! Additional interactive features access over 75 questions with explanations,
automatic quizzes and a customized glossary.

Over 350 full color photographs of live birds from around the world are included. Among the many
birds pictured are cranes, coots, sandpipers, puffins, gulls, terns, doves, parrots, roadrunners,
owls, whip-poor-wills, swifts, hummingbirds, kingfishers, toucans, woodpeckers, larks, swallows,
waxwings, wrens, nuthatches, wood warblers, tanagers, jays, crows, finches, sparrows,
blackbirds, orioles, and such thrushes as the robin and mountain bluebird. Scientific names are
provided, as is historical and behavioral information, habitats are located and described, and the
physical, behavioral, and ecological similarities of bird species within families as well as across
families are detailed.

Included free on this disk, greatly enhancing its value as a reference tool, are Webster’s New
World Dictionary (Third College Edition) featuring more than 150,000 entries and the American
Concise Encyclopedia with more than 15,000 entries and original source documents.
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