Debate between bird and fish Debate between bird and fish The Debate between bird and fish is a literature essay of the Sumerian language, on clay tablets from the mid to late 3rd millennium BC. Seven ""debate"" topics are known from the Sumerian literature, falling in the category of 'disputations'; some examples are: The Debate between Winter and Summer; Debate between sheep and grain; the Tree and the Reed; bird and fish; and "The Dispute between Silver and Mighty Copper", etc. These topics came some centuries after writing was established in Sumerian Mesopotamia. The debates are philosophical and address humanity's place in the world. Some
What Bird is That? friends, together with the succinct but compendious descriptive information, will place within easy reach of the bird lover, a most valuable "vade mecum" of bird and bush lore for out of doors as well as a thing of beauty for the library." Cayley’s aim in creating this work was to make available a book that would encourage and help people to learn about and appreciate Australia’s remarkable and unique bird life. He saw and responded to a need for a simple book that was accessible to the non-specialist birdwatcher. Each species was illustrated in colour and the birds were organised