Australian Science Illustrated

Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area. The areal distribution of most features is illustrated with more than 30 maps and an index of languages and language groups is provided.

Emperor penguin, little blue penguin, american bittern, canada goose, mandarin duck, california condor, secretary bird, bald eagle, african harrier hawk, european quail, indian peafowl, snowy owl, jamaican tody, austral thrush, japanese white-eye, savannah sparrow, australian magpie, etc.