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. More
BIRDS - Other Groups
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Swifts: a guide to the swifts and treeswifts of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1995. Octavo, 24 colour plates, maps, bookplate, very good copy in flabby dustwrapper. The comprehensive text has a stong emphasis on identification and distribution, but also includes information on habitat, voice, habits and breeding. The species' descriptions are very detailed, range maps included for each species... More
The evolutionary history of the avian genus Chrysococcyx.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 265, 1968. Octavo, signature, softcover. More
Woodpecker.
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Highly regarded woodpecker expert Gerard Gorman presents a unique natural, social, and cultural history of woodpeckers. Woodpeckers are among the most remarkable birds, having evolved a unique anatomy enabling them to peck and bore into solid timber both to..... More
Gulls: a guide to identification.
Calton: Poyser, 1982. Octavo, photographs and text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
In search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Looks at the bird's lifestyle, habitat, and cultural significance, examining its iconic status from the late 1800s to the present. More
Population ecology of the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Octavo, softcover. More
Pheasants, partridges and grouse: a guide to the pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, guineafowl, buttonquails and sandgrouse of the world.
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2002. Octavo, 72 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. This guide brings together, for the first time within a single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250..... More
Rails of the world: a monograph of the family Rallidae.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Small folio, 41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the better modern bird monograph. More
Woodpeckers of the world.
Greenville: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in publisher's binding. More
My year with the woodpeckers.
London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1959. Octavo, text illustrations, worn dustwrapper. More
My year with the woodpeckers.
London: Readers' Union, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Life of the woodpecker.
Santa Monica: Ibis, 1985. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1998. Octavo, 43 colour plates by Ber van Perlo, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Most species are solitary and somewhat secretive and are therefore high on the "want" lists of many birdwatchers. This book describes and illustrates 145 rail species, comprising all living species, including..... More
Woodpeckers: a guide to the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1995. Octavo, 64 colour plates, maps, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. The south African edition. All 214 species of woodpeckers, including the little-known and enigmatic tiny piculets, are described and pictured, and their distributions, habitats and habits reviewed. Many of the subspecies depicted by Dave Nurney in..... More
The cuckoo.
London: B T Batsford, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, very good in dustwrapper. More
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