Dinosaurs of the air :
ix, 460 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Content notes : 1. A history --
2. The science of bird origins --
3. Skulls --
4. Skeletons --
5. Feathers and other fluff --
6. The beginnings of flight : from the ground up or from the trees down --
7. The early evolution of flight --
8. The loss of flight --
9. The lifestyle of the urvogel --
10. Looking for the true bird ancestor --
11. Were some dinosaurs also neoflightless birds --
12. A look at the phylogenetics of predatory dinosaurs --
13. The mesozoic --
14. The great extinction --
15. The cenozoic : the age of neornithines--
Appendices--
Bibliography--
Index. Birds - Evolution. Birds - Flight.
