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1、GuidetoBIRDSBenMorganADorlingKindersleyBookLONDON,NEWYORK,MUNICH,CONTENTSMELBOURNE,ANDDELHIProjectEditorZahavitShalevArtEditorJacquelineGooden4EditorialAssistantFleurStarPublishingManagerSueLeonardWHATISABIRD?ManagingArtEditorClareSheddenCategoryPubl
2、isherMaryLingDTPDesignerAlmudenaDíaz6DTPAssistantPilarMoralesBUILTFORFLIGHTPictureResearchSarahStewart-RichardsonJacketDesignKatyWallProductionShivaniPandey8ConsultantDr.MarkFox,UPANDAWAYWildAnimalHealthMScCourseCo-Director,TheRoyalVeterinaryCollege1
3、0FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2004byAERIALACROBATSDorlingKindersleyLimited80Strand,LondonWC2R0RLPenguinGroup1224681097531BIRDSOFPREYCopyright©2004DorlingKindersleyLimitedAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybe14reproduced,storedinaretrievalsy
4、stem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,BLOODLUSTphotocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthecopyrightowner.ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbook16isavailablefromtheBritishLibrarySCAVENGERSISBN1-4053-0248-8C
5、olourreproductionbyGRBEditrice,S.r.l.,Verona18PrintedandboundbyMondadoriPrintingS.p.A.,Verona,ItalyPARTNERSANDPARASITESSeeourcomplete20catalogueatwww.dk.comFISHERKINGS2244BESIDETHESEASONGBIRDS2446WADERSANDFLOATERSKEEPAWAY!2648BIRDFOODEPICJOURNEYS2850
6、PARROTFAMILYOWLS3052BIRDSINTHEWOODSPENGUINS3254FEATHERSANDFINERYFLIGHTLESSBIRDS3456THEMATINGGAMEBIRDBRAINS3658MASTERBUILDERSBIRDSANDPEOPLE3860EGGSSTRANGEBUTTRUE4062FAMILYLIFEBIRDDATA4264GAMEBIRDSINDEXDKGUIDETOBIRDSACOATOFFEATHERSWHATISABIRD?Birdsaret
7、heonlyanimalswithfeathers.Thesearenotjustforflight–theyalsoprovideawarmcoattotrapheatintheIRDSARETHEMOSTSUCCESSFULflyinganimalsthathaveBbody.Birdsarewarmblooded,whicheverexisted.TheymakeupthescientificclassAves,meanstheymaintainaconstantinternaldisti
8、nguishedfromotheranimalsbyonefeature:feathers.temperature,ratherthanwarmingupandBirdsalmostcertainlyevolvedfromsmall,predatorycoolingdownwiththesurroundings,ashappensinreptiles.dinosaurscalledtheropodsmorethan150millionyearsago.Overtime,thetheropods’
