Melbourne: Australian National Publicity Association, [1948]. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More about Fauna of Australia. Discovery series

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... More about RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland

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... More about The Southern Science Record

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... More about Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume ten

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. More about Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: volume 14

Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, black and white illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains... More about The genius of birds

Melbourne: Penguin Group, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings. A beautifully illustrated how-to book for attracting a wide variety of birds and butterflies to your garden by providing shelter, nesting sites, fruit, seeds, nuts, and nectar. The detailed directory and unique planting calendars included show you how to... More about Birdscaping Australian gardens: using native plants to attract birds to your garden

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... More about On rare birds

London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More about A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these...

London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More about A birdkeeper's guide to softbills

Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More about Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia

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... More about Nature's flyers: birds, insects and the biomechanics of flight

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... More about Birds of Kuwait: a portrait