Albany Junior High School Library

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the collective nouns of animals and birds
written and illustrated by Steve Palin
ix, 102 pages
colour illustrations
Summary: A flock of birds, even a skein of geese perhaps - but a cete of badgers, or a grist of bees? The collective nouns of animals and birds have long inspired and intrigued us. Many have their roots in medieval times, in particular applied to those creatures hunted by man, and subject to the etiquette of their proper group names. The author has illustrated and given the background to different animals and birds with interesting collective nouns and listed them