Sought after by gamebird hunters, bird watchers and researchers, the cryptically-coloured
African snipe is both difficult to lind and threatened by habitat loss. Cecilia Gichuki is arguably …

… , and entered from the south through the Tower of Jewels, is the great Court of the Universe, …
The Tower of Jewels and the central palace group face south on the Avenue of Palms (p. 18)…

ARMED with binoculars, note pads and a telescope, Patty Pendergast and Chris Robbins
headed out of the woods and onto an open marsh. The morning sun shone over bright green …

… This fanciful wilfulness of diamonds and their vulnerability to discontent and disease could,
at its most extreme, result in the complete destruction of the jewel, the very outcome of Marsh’…

… This report was prepared for ITAD Ltd., the consultancy company managing the JEWEL …
the marshes of southern Iraq in order to destroy the traditional way of life of the Marsh Arabs; a …

HE lapwings were flying round and round, screaming out their long, lazy" pee-weet, pee-weet,"
showing a great deal more of the white lining of their broad wings than of their dark …

… They had divided up the Jewel Kingdom, giving each of their nieces her own jewel and her
… “Here we are, the four jewels of our kingdom.” Demetra nodded. “Now we all have a very …

In a study conducted in lower Galveston Bay, Texas, Melvin and Webb, Jr. found that avian
species richness and species diversity were higher in natural salt marshes than in created …

… In many cases, the wetlands include both fresh and salt tidal marshes. Up until the middle
of the twentieth century, the main purpose for reclaiming the marshes was to increase the …

50th Anniversary Edition A beautifully presented and attractively laid out commemorative
edition, with new introductions by Ivan O'Brien, MD of The O'Brien Press and best-selling …