Conspiracy of Ravens
A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds
ISBN: HB: 9781851244096,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
August 2014
144 pp., 17,0x11,0 cm, 110 black&white illus.
144 pp., 17,0x11,0 cm, 110 black&white illus.
"A murder of crows", "a charm of goldfinches", "an ostentation of peacocks": collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid fifteenth century. They are thought to originate in texts about hunting, but have since evolved into e...
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