Kiwi: the people's bird. Click here to buy
Peat, Neville.
$45.00
Quarto, dustwrapper, 176 pp., colour illustrations.
Back in 1990, when Neville Peat wrote The Incredible Kiwi, the national bird was in retreat, from habitat loss and the severe impact of predation. It was not well understood, being nocturnal and hidden in the forest. Most Kiwis had never seen their national bird. During the 1990s, saving the kiwi became a popular cause. Community kiwi conservation projects have emerged all over the country, especially in the North Island. And scientific research has led to greater knowledge of the bird's population dynamics and distribution. The kiwi has truly become 'the people's bird'. In this book, the author describes the kiwi from every point of view, from wild bird to national emblem. What is this biological oddity called the kiwi? Exactly how many species of kiwi are there? Where do they live? What do they eat? How are people helping them to survive? Why does this bird have such a major place in the Kiwi nation's life? And he tells the story of the largest popular movement in support of an endangered native species that New Zealand has ever seen.
Kiwis: a monograph of the family Apterygidae. Click here to buy
Harris-Ching, Ray et al.
$100.00
Small folio, 190 pp., 24 colour plates and 15 black and white drawings by Ray Harris-Ching, fine copy in dustwrapper.
(ISBN: 1853102202) (EAN: 9781853102202)
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Ostrich egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in ancient and modern times. Click here to buy
Laufer, Berthold.
$60.00
Octavo, wrappers, 50 pp., illustrations.
Ratite management, medicine, and surgery Click here to buy
Tully, Thomas N. and Simon M. Shane.
$100.00
188 pp., illustrations.
This volume is intended as a guide to the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases and metabolic conditions in commercial ratites. The industry requires a professional and proactive approach to the enhancement of productivity and amelioration of managerial, environmental, and disease-related problems. Included is a comprehensive approach to enhancing ratite productivity through integration of scientific knowledge of nutrition, management, disease control, and therapy. There are contributions by more than 15 experts in specific fields.
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Ratites and Tinamous: Tinamidae, Rheidea, Dromaiidae, Casuariidae, Apterygidae, Struthionidae. Click here to buy
Davies, S.J.J.F.
$375.00
Small quarto, laminated boards, 310 pp., 12 colour plates, maps, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.
THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT BUT IS AVAILABLE AS PRINT ON DEMAND. This title is not held in stock but we are happy to supply on special order. Please contact us. A volume in the Bird families of the world series that takes a comprehensive look at the natural history and biology of the ratites and tinamous, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries and kiwis. Each of the 55 species is described in detail with distribution maps, food and nesting habits, calls, field identification and habitat. The book also includes an overview of ecology, behaviour, physiology, husbandry, evolution, mythology and conservation. (ISBN: 0198549962) (EAN: 9780198549963)
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The discovery of Dinornis: the story of a man, a bone, and a bird. Click here to buy
Buick, T. Lindsay.
$300.00
Octavo, 153 pp., photographs, very good copy with slightly chipped dustwrapper.
The story of the discovery of the fossil Moa. One critic has said: "It reads like an Edgar Wallace novel".
The life of the Emu. Click here to buy
Eastman, Maxine.
$40.00
Octavo, 72 pp., photographs and text illustrations, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper, inscription.
The Ostrich communal nesting system. Click here to buy
Bertram, Brian C. R.
$77.00
Octavo, dustwrapper, 196 pp., illustrations.