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It also includes a selection of colour photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoofed Mammals of British Columbia\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to biologists, naturalists, hunters and ranchers, as well as anyone interested in the natural history of our province.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003eDavid Shackleton is emeritus professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, where he worked for more than 30 years. 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In ten chapters, they describe the species most likely to be seen here, and direct you to the best places to see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirds – David Stirling and Alan MacLeod\u003cbr\u003e\nButterflies – James Miskelly\u003cbr\u003e\nDragonflies – Robert Cannings\u003cbr\u003e\nFungi – Bryce Kendrick\u003cbr\u003e\nIntertidal life – Philip Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\nLand mammals – David Nagorsen\u003cbr\u003e\nMarine mammals – Anna Hall\u003cbr\u003e\nNearshore Fishes – Gavin Hanke\u003cbr\u003e\nPlants – Leon Pavlick\u003cbr\u003e\nReptiles and amphibians – Gavin Hanke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature Guide to the Victoria Region\u003c\/em\u003e is designed to help you understand the variety of habitats and natural wonders awaiting your discovery, all in a portable, easy-to-read format. It includes beautiful full-colour photographs, checklists and a map of all the great places to visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopublished with the Victoria Natural History Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnn Nightingale is president of the Rocky Point Bird Observatory and Claudia Copley is the entomology collections manager at the Royal BC Museum. They and the other contributors to this book actively support the Victoria Natural History Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857999917270,"sku":"51517","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/Nature-Guide-3web-rgb1.jpg?v=1704951733"},{"product_id":"brittle-stars-sea-urchins-and-feather-stars-of-british-columbia-southeast-alaska-and-puget-sound","title":"Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins and Feather Stars  of BC, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs with Lambert's other books – on the sea stars and sea cucumbers – this one contains photographs and illustrations to help identify the species in each class: 24 brittle stars, 8 sea urchins and 2 feather stars. The species descriptions provide all the details to satisfy the professional biologist, yet the easy-going style of the authors makes this book suitable for anyone interested in coastal marine life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor each class of echinoderms, the authors describe anatomical features, behaviour, reproduction, feeding, parasites and predators. The species described live in the shallow waters to a depth of 200 metres; species lists include all known species in the region, even those in deeper water. Each account contains descriptive and comparative biology, with illustrations and photographs, as well as more details on the life and habits of the animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a selection of colour photographs to help with identification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip Lambert was formerly a curator of marine invertebrates at the Royal BC Museum. Dr William C. 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This book is addressed mainly to the collector with limited means \u003cand\u003e to small museums and like institutions obliged to operate on limited budgets.\"\u003c\/and\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. Christopher Brayshaw\u003c\/strong\u003e was curator emeritus of Botany at the Royal BC Museum. He has written major works on several important groups of plants in British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858002047190,"sku":"13469","price":9.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/plant-collecting-col-321x5001.jpg?v=1704951790"},{"product_id":"wild-flowers","title":"Wild Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e is illustrated with beautiful watercolours of wild plants by Emily Henrietta Woods, one of Carr's childhood drawing teachers in Victoria. The originals of Carr’s manuscript and Woods’ botanical illustrations reside in collections of the BC Archives; neither have been published until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a brief Foreword and Afterword, archivist and historian Kathryn Bridge gives context to \u003cem\u003eWild Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e within the body of Carr's previously published writings. “Woods’ paintings fit so well with Carr’s text,\" writes Bridge in the Foreword. \"It’s serendipity that Woods taught Carr and that we have her art and Carr’s manuscript in the Archives’ collection, and that neither have been published before now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmily Carr (1871–1945) is one of Canada’s best-known painters and an award-winning author of several books. She exhibited artistic talent from an early age and attended art school in Victoria. One of her childhood teachers was Emily H. Woods, the illustrator of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarr did not begin writing in earnest until later in life. As Kathryn Bridge explains in the foreword to this book, \"Emily Carr composed the 21 vignettes that make up \u003cem\u003eWild Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e during the autumn and winter of 1940-41, when she was mostly housebound, recuperating from a stroke suffered the previous June. She had also endured an angina attack in 1937 and a more serious heart attack in 1939. While spending many weeks in hospital recovering from these earlier ailments, she turned to writing, and wrote most of what would later be her first book, \u003cem\u003eKlee Wyck\u003c\/em\u003e, drafts for her autobiography, and other stories. Published in 1941,\u003cem\u003e Klee Wyck\u003c\/em\u003e won a Governor General's literary award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso by Emily Carr:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Sister and I from Victoria to London\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/sister-and-i-from-victoria-to-london\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSister and I\u003c\/em\u003e from Victoria to London\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Studio Billie’s Calendar: A Perpetual Calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/studio-billies-calendar\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudio Billie's Calendar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Illustrator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmily Henrietta Woods (1852-1916) was born in Ireland and moved with her family to Victoria at age 13. She became a talented artist and taught drawing at Angela College, an Anglican girls school, and at Mrs Cridge's School for Girls. Woods made it her life's work to paint more than 200 life-size, botanically accurate watercolours of wildflowers, each identified with their common and scientific names - some of these are featured in this book. 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Even naturalist are largely unfamiliar with these small mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecies covered in this book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNorth American Opossum\u003cbr\u003e\nBlack-backed Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nPacific Water Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nCommon Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nPygmy Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nDusky Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nWater Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nTrowbridge's Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nTundra Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nVagrant Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\nShrew-mole\u003cbr\u003e\nCoast Mole\u003cbr\u003e\nTownsend's Mole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Nagorsen is a biological consultant based in Victoria and former curator of vertebrate zoology at the Royal BC Museum. He has studied mammals in BC for many years and has published several books and many articles on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by David Nagorsen:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Carnivores of British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/carnivores-of-british-columbia\/\"\u003eCarnivores of British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e (with David F. Hatler and Alison M. Beal)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Opossums, Shrews and Moles of British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/opossums-shrews-and-moles-of-british-columbia\/\"\u003eOpossums, Shrews and Moles of British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Rodents \u0026amp; Lagomorphs of British Columbia\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/rodents-and-lagomorphs-of-british-columbia\/\"\u003eRodents \u0026amp; Lagomorphs of British Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858004406486,"sku":"11110","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/opossums-col-314x5001.jpg?v=1704951833"},{"product_id":"trees-and-shrubs-of-british-columbia","title":"Trees and Shrubs of British Columbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr Brayshaw's beautifully detailed illustrations of leaves, flowers, fruits and woody parts are arranged to show the distinguishing features in similar species. These comparitive drawings, along with diagnostic keys and a selection of colour photographs will help you identify any tree or shrub in BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Introduction: \"To qualify for inclusion in this book, a plant must have a perennial more-or-less woody stem above ground that bears overwintering buds and does not die back to its basal stem or rhizome in the soil in winter. This group includes trees, shrubs and woody vines. Trees have a single stem from the ground up and are at least two metres tall. Shrubs are multi-stemmed from the ground and can be any size. Vines are so slender that, whether twining or not, they cannot support their own weight without the help of other vegetation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting a relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use field guide to the woody plants of British Columbia.\" -- Ben LePage, \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Field Naturalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr T. Christopher Brayshaw is a retired Curator Emeritus of Botany at the Royal BC Museum. He has written major works on several important groups of plants in British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books by T. 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Just 7 lagomorph species inhabit this province: 5 hares and rabbits, a 2 pikas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Nagorsen describes each species, its behaviour, identifying characteristics, taxonomy and conservation status. Each account has a distribution map and illustrations of the animal and its skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This important and carefully produced book will be the definitive reference for our province for many years to come. I cannot recommend it highly enough to naturalists and biologists of all levels.\" - Christine Adkins, \u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e, Nature Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003cbr\u003eVolume 4 of the Mammals of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Nagorsen is a biological consultant based in Victoria. He has studied mammals in BC for many years and has published several books on them, including three handbooks in the Mammals of BC series: \u003cem\u003eBats of BC\u003c\/em\u003e (with R.M. 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