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Children's Encyclopedia, edited by Arthur Mee, and published in 10 volumes by the Educational Book Company, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964.
Illustration from Golden Book Encyclopedia & Golden Treasurey of Knowlege
Illustration from Golden Book Encyclopedia & Golden Treasurey of Knowlege
Jan found this clearing a room - it belonged to her ex husband and is from the 1972-73 season. It features lots of 3D hologram stickers, is about three quarters full, and is very, very funny. Any offers of money for it welcome (contact me and I'll forward them to her).
NK1165.L53 2003
Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work until now. Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. From the "80/20 rule to chunking, from baby-face bias to Ockham's razor, and from self-similarity to storytelling, every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge.
This landmark reference will become the standard for designers, engineers, architects, and students who seek to broaden and improve their design expertise.
Pic from the forthcoming book, Torchwood - The Encyclopedia. This is Gwen Cooper (as played by Eve Myles).
Children's Encyclopedia, edited by Arthur Mee, and published in 10 volumes by the Educational Book Company, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964.
Children's Encyclopedia, edited by Arthur Mee, and published in 10 volumes by the Educational Book Company, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964.
I just wonder who is her. I didn't ask her name or contact... If you see this pic, drop me an email :)
A Text in english:
Blue-black Grassquit
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Blue-black Grassquit
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Volatinia
Reichenbach 1850
Species: V. jacarina
Binomial name
Volatinia jacarina
(Linnaeus, 1766)
The Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina, is a small bird of the family Emberizidae, which also includes the buntings. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It is the only member of the genus Volatinia.
This is a common bird in semi-open areas, including cultivation and gardens. It makes a small cup nest, with a typical clutch of one to three pale green eggs blotched with reddish brown. Both sexes incubate for 9–10 days, with about the same period again for the young to fledge.
Adult Blue-black Grassquits are 10.2cm long and weigh 9.3g. They have a slender conical black bill. The male is glossy blue-black, with a black tail and wings; the white inner underwing is visible in flight or display. Female and immature birds have brown upperparts and dark-streaked buff underparts.
Blue-black Grassquit feeds mainly on seeds. It is quite gregarious, and forms communal evening roosts.
The male has a jumping display, often performed for long periods, which gives rise to the local name Johnny Jump-up. This is accompanied by a persistent wheezing jweeee call.
Um texto em português:
O Tiziu, nome vulgar utilizado para identificar Volatinia jacarina, é um passarinho da FamÃlia Emberizidae, que mede cerca de 11,4cm. Estes pequenos pássaros são vistos com grande freqüência, geralmente aos pares, em áreas alteradas, descampados, savanas, campos e capoeiras baixas da América do Sul, exceto no extremo sul. Alimentam-se principalmente de sementes verdes, encontradas no próprio colmo das gramÃneas ou no chão, ou de insetos. Adultos e jovens, fora da época reprodutiva, são pardo-oliváceos no dorso e levemente amarelados no abdômen, com estrias no peito e flancos. Os machos adultos, durante a época de acasalamento, assumem uma brilhante plumagem nupcial preto-azulada, com uma mancha branca nas penas axilares. Estes são facilmente reconhecidos nesse perÃodo pois, além da coloração nupcial vistosa, executam uma exibição que consiste de pequenos vôos verticais, ao mesmo tempo em que fazem vocalização da qual resultou seu nome: "tis-ziu". o vôo é repetido seguidamente, sobre o mesmo puleiro, em média cerca de 12 a 14 vezes por minuto, e com pequenos intervalos entre as repetições. Essa exibição é executada principalmente durante a época reprodutiva: todo ano em Belém, no Pará, e restrito ao verão em regiões meridionais, em função da alteração na oferta de recursos alimentares. Através das exibições, os machos delimitam seus pequenos territórios, que podem variar de cerca de 13 a 73m2, também atraindo as fêmeas para o acasalamento. O ninho, feito com raÃzes emaranhadas e com formato de taça, é construÃdo dentro do território do macho, sempre a 50cm ou menos do chão, recebendo normalmente uma postura de dois ovos. Tanto o macho quanto a fêmea participam dos cuidados com os filhotes.
Os vários nomes vulgares deste pássaro, como tiziu, bate-estaca, serrador e serra-serra, fazem alusão ao canto e ao pulo vertical de cerca de 1 m que o macho executa na época da reprodução, partindo de um galho seco. Durante estes saltos, ele canta, bate as asas, expões a mancha branca das penas axilares e produz um ruÃdo caracterÃstico com as rêmiges. O macho delimita um território tão pequeno que está entre os menores observados para os pássaros. É uma espécie migratória, desaparecendo de São Paulo durante o inverno.
JULIANA BOSI DE ALMEIDA Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia Universidade de BrasÃlia
o macho adulto é inconfundÃvel por ser todo preto, exceto por uma pequena mancha branca na parte inferior das asas, já as fêmeas e imaturos são quase idênticas a várias outras espécies da famÃlia, especialmente à s fêmeas dos papa-capins ( gênero Sporophila ).
Espécie muito conhecida em nosso paÃs, principalmente pelo hábito dos machos fazerem apresentações de corte e defesa do território boa parte do ano. Estas apresentações são geralmente feitas a partir de poleiros não muito altos como mourões de cerca e arbustos. O macho voa verticalmente cerca de 60cm e em seguida solta o corpo, mostrando as manchas brancas nas asas e retornando ao poleiro. Esses movimentos são muito rápidos e repetitivos e a ave vocaliza enquanto voa, lembrando seu nome popular ``tiziu´´.
Alimenta-se principalmente de sementes de gramÃneas como a braquiária, mas também captura insetos.
É muito comum nas áreas rurais e também em cidades, especialmente em terrenos baldios.
A fêmea constrói o ninho em forma de bola entrelaçando gravetos finos e folhas de gramÃneas. Geralmente são postos 3 ovos. Os pais se revezam na alimentação dos filhotes. A mesma fêmea pode ter mais de uma cria no mesmo ano.
The Tiziu, popular name for the Volatinia jacarina, is a bird of the Emberizidae family, whose size is 11.4 centimeters. These small birds, usually in pairs, are frequently seen in plains, prairies, open fields and cleared tracts of land in South America, except in its Southernmost part. They feed mainly upon insects or green seeds, which are collected in the stem of gramineous plants or on the ground. Whenever they are out of their reproductive season, the adult and young bird's back looks dark gray with shades of olive green, while its abdomen looks yellowish with lines on the chest and flank. During their breeding season, the adult male takes up a shiny bluish black nuptial feathering, with white spots in the axillary feathers. They are easily recognized in this period because, besides wearing their showy nuptial feathering, they perform vertical flights, while singing the sound they are named for: "tis-ziu". These flights are repeated over the same spot, at a rate of 12 to 14 times a minute, with short intervals among them. This performance takes place mainly during their reproductive season, which lasts basically all year round in Belém, State of Pará, and is restricted to the summertime in Southern regions. due to variations in food resource. Through these performances, males draw the lines of their small territories, which may range from 13 to 73 square meters, and also attract females for breeding. The nest is built with woven roots in the shape of a cup. It is within the male's territory, always up to 50-centimeter high, and usually receives an offspring of two eggs. Both male and female take part in looking after their issue.
JULIANA BOSI DE ALMEIDA Graduation Program in Ecology University of BrasÃlia
Location: Europe > Portugal > Algarve
Date Photo Taken: January 7, 2017
Info: ring: WCBD: Banding site: Stagno di Molentargius (Sardinia); Year: 2011; Number of bands: 509
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Oregon Coast
The Oregon Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It runs generally north-south along the Pacific Ocean, forming the western border of the state; the region is bounded to the east by the Oregon Coast Range. The Oregon Coast stretches approximately 363 miles (584 km) from the Columbia River in the north to the Oregon–California state border in the south. The Oregon Coast is not a specific geological, environmental, or political entity but, instead, includes the entire coastline of Oregon, including the Columbia River Estuary.
1967's Oregon Beach Bill allows free beach access to everyone. This bill allows private beach landowners to retain certain beach land rights, but it removes the property tax obligation of the beach landowner. In exchange, the beach landowner grants an easement passage to pedestrians. The Beach Bill grants a public access easement on the beach that cannot be taken away by the landowner nor can the landowner build on the beach.[1]
Traditionally, the Oregon Coast is regarded as three distinct sub-regions,[2] each with its own local features and regional history. While there are no legal or objective boundaries, most Oregonians consider the three regions to be:
The North Coast, which stretches from the Columbia River to Neskowin.[3]
The Central Coast, which stretches from Lincoln City to Florence.[4]
The South Coast, which stretches from Reedsport to the Oregon–California border.[5]
The largest city along the Oregon Coast is Coos Bay—population 16,000[6]—in Coos County on the South Coast. U.S. Route 101 is the primary highway from Astoria to Brookings, and is known for its scenic overlooks of the Pacific Ocean. There are over 80 state parks and recreation areas along the Oregon Coast. However, there are only a few highways that cross the coast mountains from the interior to the coast. This has led to highways US-20, US-30, US-26, SR-18 and SR-22, all serving the Willamette Valley / Portland area to the North and Central Coasts as being considered some of the worst in terms of traffic,[7] a conclusion disputed by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Highways SR-18 and US-20 are considered two of the most dangerous roads in the state.[8]
The Oregon Coast includes Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Lincoln County, western Lane County, western Douglas County, Coos County, and Curry County.
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The Children's Encyclopedia, edited by Arthur Mee, and published in 10 volumes by the Educational Book Company, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964.
Arthur Mee aimed to make learning interesting and enjoyable. The encyclopedia articles were clearly written and intended to develop character and sense of duty.
This image is supposed to resemble those little pictures you would see in those 1970s and 1980s encyclopedia collections. I took this from a commercial passenger plane window.