Fauna of Australia. Discovery series.
Melbourne: Australian National Publicity Association, [1948]. Octavo, photographs, softcover.
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
London: Bombay Natural History Society, 1886-1892. Octavo, volumes one to seven (bound in four), numerous coloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, very scarce. contemporary half calf, some wear but a very good set. The Bombay Natural History Society was established in 1883 and is now India's largest and longest running natural...
RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland.
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2005. CD-ROM, colour photographs, maps. The RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland is the most advanced multimedia reference tool available to UK birders. The program contains comprehensive illustrations and photographs of all the species of Britain and Ireland including all major plumage variations, while...
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The South Australian Ornithological Association Newsletter [numbers 25-122].
[Adelaide]: The South Australian Ornithological Association, 1963-1987. Octavo, Originally roneoed foolscap sheets then changing to a multi-page A4 format. This Newsletter was originally published "so that country members can keep in closer touch with the activities of the Association and become informed of all matters affecting them"
The Southern Science Record.
Melbourne: J. Wing, 1880-1886. Octavo, 39 (of 42) parts in the publisher's printed wrappers, boxed. A very important journal with much insight into early colonial scientific life. Contributors include Ferdinand von Mueller, Charles French and A. J. Campbell. This rare journal was the forerunner to The Victorian Naturalist: the journal...
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume eight.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1874. Quarto, 82 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, a small library stamp on title page. Volume eight of the Transactions contains the two papers by Viscount Walden which form his monograph on the birds of the...
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume ten.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1879. Quarto, 95 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, a few light spots and a single small library stamp, otherwise a very good copy. The papers are: 1. Mivart, George. On the axial skeleton of the Struthionida...
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume twelve.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1890. Quarto, 65 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON In 1826 the Zoological society of London was formed with the specific intention of establishing a menagerie, museum...
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: volume 14.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1872. Quarto, 47 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morroco, new endapers, a very good copy. With papers by Boulenger on fish and a handsomely illustrated paper on the mammls of the Phillippines by John Whitehead.
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: volume seven.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1872. Quarto, 73 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morroco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. Volume seven of the Transactions contains papers that were assembled to form part of Owen's Extinct and wingless birds ... plus Murie's classic papaers on...
The Cuckoo and other bird mysteries.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1944. first edition), Octavo, map, bookplate of Dominic L. Serventy, publisher's bright green cloth, a very good copy.
The marine ecology of birds in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Washington, DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Ornithological Monographs No. 32.
On rare birds.
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, dustwrapper. In this illustrated book, Anita Albus recounts the sad histories of several extinct bird species, including the Passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, and the Great auk. She gives a detailed account of six rare birds: the Hermit ibis...
National Geographic birding essentials: all the tools, techniques, and tips you need to begin and become a better birder.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. For the beginning and intermediate birders, this guide is a comprehensive and authoritative, yet engaging and user-friendly guide that teaches readers how to get started in and improve their birding, what to look for, and how to...
Birdwatcher's bible: a complete treasury: science, know-how, beauty, lore.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, other illustrations, maps. Organised logically with cross-references and easy navigation including subject matter from history to practical advice, this guide offers comprehensive overviews, titbits of information and trivia, short thought pieces, plus how-to instructions on every...
A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these popular birds, plus a survey of colour forms.
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards.
A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with practical advice on their care and breeding.
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards.
A birdkeeper's guide to softbills.
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards.
Parrots.
London: Salamander Books, 1992. Quarto, colour photogprahps, dustwrapper.
Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover.
Nature's flyers: birds, insects and the biomechanics of flight.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The author explains the physical basis of flight with sharp prose and clear diagrams. Drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs, and even winged seeds, he details the basic operating principles of wings and...
Nature's flyers: birds, insects and the biomechanics of flight.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations. David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the air is evident in Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight, a detailed account of our current scientific understanding of the...
Seventy years of birdwatching.
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Birds of Kuwait: a portrait.
Kuwait: Author, 2005. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Species by species portraits of the birds of Kuwait - for each there are Latin and common names. There is also a bird list for Kuwait, a description of important birding sites, an introduction to the Kuwaiti environment and a brief overview of...
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan, together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka: compact edition.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1983. first edition). Folio, 104 colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published in ten volumes (1968 to 1975) by Oxford University Press.