This article is from the alt.usage.english FAQ, by Mark Israel misrael@scripps.edu with numerous contributions by others.
James Lipton "An Exaltation of Larks" Viking Penguin, 1991,
ISBN 0-670-3044-6
Ivan G. Sparkes "Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms"
Gale, 2nd ed, 1985, ISBN 0-8103-2188-2
Rex Collins "A Crash of Rhinoceroses: A Dictionary of Collective
Nouns" Moger Bell, 1993, ISBN 1-55921-096-6
There's an online collection at <http://www.lrcs.com/collectives>.
 
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