Birds of the Caribbean.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Birds of the Caribbean
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Birds of the Caribbean.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More about Birds of the Caribbean
How to walk a Puma: my (mis)adventures in South America.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, Allison set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at him. Getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out the wildest and rarest... More about How to walk a Puma: my (mis)adventures in South America
Check-list of North American birds. The species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian islands.
Lawrence, Kansas: American Ornithologists Union, (1983. sixth edition). Octavo, maps, a fine copy. More about Check-list of North American birds. The species of birds of North America from the Arctic through...
Birds of Venezuela.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Venezuela is blessed with one of the largest avifaunas in the world. More than 1,400 species have been recorded in the country, thanks to a great diversity of habitats ranging from the High Andes to lowland Amazonian rainforest, and just about... More about Birds of Venezuela
Annotated checklist of the Birds of Argentina.
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Octavo, softcover. The most updated and complete checklist to the birds of Argentina. More about Annotated checklist of the Birds of Argentina
National Parks of Costa Rica.
Cornell: Zona Tropical Publication, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. The unique geography and climate of Costa Rica make it a small country with extraordinary biodiversity. Here, North American and South American species of flora and fauna can be found side by side, taking advantage of the serendipitous conditions. The... More about National Parks of Costa Rica
The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala.
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, paperback, illustrations. WAS $26. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species... More about The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala
The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala.
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, publisher's boards, illustrations. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species should... More about The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala
Biology of Gila monsters and Beaded lizards.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, black and white photographs, text illustrations. No two lizard species have spawned as much folklore, wonder, and myth as the Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum, and the Beaded lizard, H. horridum - the sole survivors of an ancient group of predacious... More about Biology of Gila monsters and Beaded lizards
Biology of Gila monsters and Beaded lizards.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. No two lizard species have spawned as much folklore, wonder, and myth as the Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum, and the Beaded lizard, H. horridum - the sole survivors of an ancient... More about Biology of Gila monsters and Beaded lizards
The ecotravellers' wildlife guide: Belize and northern Guatemala.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Includes identification, distribution, and conservation information on Belize and Northern Guatemala's frequently spotted animals. Also includes information on the ecology, behaviour, and conservation of profiled animals; information on habitats and on the most common plants; information... More about The ecotravellers' wildlife guide: Belize and northern Guatemala
Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Southern Mexico. The Cancun Region, Yucatan Pininsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco.
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour plates, black and white illustrations, maps. Covers Southern Mexico's insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plant and sea life. More about Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Southern Mexico. The Cancun Region, Yucatan Pininsula, Oaxaca,...
Travellers' wildlife guides: Belize and Northern Guatemala.
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations. There are colour illustrations for about 500 of Belize's most common reef fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals and information on their ecology, behaviour and conservation. Also includes information on habitats of Belize and Northern Guatemala and on the most... More about Travellers' wildlife guides: Belize and Northern Guatemala
A distributional survey of the birds of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1989. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 43. More about A distributional survey of the birds of the Mexican state of Oaxaca
Manual of neotropical birds, Volume one: Spheniscidae (Penguins) to Laridae (Gulls and allies) [all published].
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Octavo, colour plates, illustrations , fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Manual of neotropical birds, Volume one: Spheniscidae (Penguins) to Laridae (Gulls and allies)...
Birds of Mexico: a guide for field identification.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1954. reprint). Octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, endpaper maps, bookplate, signature, lacks dustwrapper. More about Birds of Mexico: a guide for field identification
Visual voyages: images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world... More about Visual voyages: images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin
Steppes: the plants and ecology of the world's semi-arid regions.
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Steppes are giant grasslands, defined not only by their plants, but also by the geology and climate that created them. They comprise enormous areas on four continents and are where a huge number of staple crops and garden plants originated... More about Steppes: the plants and ecology of the world's semi-arid regions
Seven names for the Bellbird: conservation geography in Honduras.
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through his recounting of local lore, Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the... More about Seven names for the Bellbird: conservation geography in Honduras
The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago.
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2001. Octavo, colour plates, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More than sixty species of snakes are found in the twin-island independent Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. More about The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
Patterns of migratory connectivity in two nearctic-neotropical songbirds: new insights from intrinsic markers.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2006. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 61. More about Patterns of migratory connectivity in two nearctic-neotropical songbirds: new insights from...
Birds of the Cayman Islands.
Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 2000. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. BOU Checklist 19. Presents an analysis of the breeding and migrant avifauna of the three islands since the first ornithologists visited in 1886. Status, distribution and habitats are described for all 222 species, with accompanying breeding data for 49... More about Birds of the Cayman Islands
The flowering of man: a Tzotzil botany of Zinacantan.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. WAS $75 A model study of the ethnobotany of a Mayan people. More about The flowering of man: a Tzotzil botany of Zinacantan
Wrens, dippers and thrashers.
London: City of Melbourne, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, 32 colour plates by Barry Kent Mackay, maps. The first comprehensive guide to the world's 83 wrens, 5 dippers and 36 thrashers. All but one of the wrens are endemic to the new world, with the highest concentration of species in central America... More about Wrens, dippers and thrashers