The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest - Sandrock, James; Prior, Jean C.
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In this portable reference book, James Sandrock and Jean Prior explain the science and history behind the names of some 450 birds of the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The authors examine the roots, stems, and construction of scientific names from their classical Latin and Greek or other linguistic origins.

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In this portable reference book, James Sandrock and Jean Prior explain the science and history behind the names of some 450 birds of the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The authors examine the roots, stems, and construction of scientific names from their classical Latin and Greek or other linguistic origins.
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Autorenporträt
An active birder familiar with the ornithology of the United States, Canada, and Europe, James Sandrock is professor emeritus of German language and literature at the University of Iowa. Jean Prior has been a research geologist for the Iowa Geological Survey, editor of the annual journal Iowa Geology and of the book Iowa: Portrait of the Land, author of Landforms of Iowa (Iowa, 1991), and lead author of Iowa's Groundwater Basics. They are the authors of The Iowa Nature Calendar (Iowa, 2007).