An edition of The survey of western Palestine (1884)
The survey of western Palestine.
The fauna and flora of Palestine
By H. B. Tristram
Publish Date
1884
Publisher
The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Language
eng
Pages
455
Description:
This is the Fauna and Flora volume of the Survey of Western Palestine. It covers the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks and plants of the area often known as the Levant. It contains 26 colored plates illustrating some of the mammals. A 22 page Preface explains the reasons for the current distribution of the species. The body of the book works through on a species by species basis giving the names in scientific format, common English where applicable and in biblical Hebrew and Arabic, details about the distribution and habits of the species both in the area covered and their worldwide distribution.