TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bevis,John
TI  - Aaaaw to zzzzzd: the words of birds : North America, Britain, and northern Europe 
SN  - 9780262014298
AV  - QL698.5 .B48 2010
U1  - 598.159/4 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Birdsongs
KW  - North America
KW  - Identification
KW  - Europe, Northern
KW  - Sounds, Words for
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; What's so special about birds? -- The songs of birds. The bird singer -- The bird listener -- The bird aspirant -- The words of birds. The bird reader -- The bird writer -- The bird linguist -- In birdland -- Introduction to the lexicon -- Lexicon -- Mnemonics -- Some other methods of collecting birdsong. Field recording -- Graphic notation -- Birdsong in music -- Whistles and imitators -- Bird organs and tutors -- Singing automata and clocks
ER  -