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Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2002. Octavo, paperback, 60 colour photographs, maps. WAS $45. The Northern Territory has 61 species of rodents and dasyurids (carnivorous marsupials), many of which pose substantial problems of identification. Keys to the genera and species direct the reader to a species description, its distribution, habitat, conservation..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, fine copy. More
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, (1998. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, keys. This book is an introduction to a study of Sydney sandstone flora. The text is supported by many explanatory illustrations and references to familiar and not-so-familiar plants. More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2003. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, softcover. A completely revised and up-dated edition of the acclaimed Audubon guide. Includes all you need to know about visiting the main Venezuelan locations for observing birds, including how to get to the sites, lodging, list of species in the area and..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2000. Octavo, 110 colour plates, colour photographs, softcover. Illustrates more than 780 species in colour. Text on facing pages to colour plates for at-a-glance reference. Concise text, covering identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. Introduction includes information on birdwatching and conservation in..... More
Guildford: Falcon, 2004. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The author updates his 1979 guide to incorporate new knowledge about raptor biology, identification, and the locations where they concentrate during their seasonal migrations. He discusses the species, identification and study, types of hawk watching, field equipment, the migration seasons, and..... More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2000. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $110. With information on the regional climate and vegetation, as well as descriptions of 240 species. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, distribution maps. WAS $50. This full-colour field guide complements a similar book on the economically important sharks and rays of Indonesia. It is the result of a collaborative project between the governments of the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. WAS $61. In the wilds of which one continent do Canadian beavers, white-tailed deer, raccoons, American mink, Algerian hedgehogs, Egyptian slit-faced bats, Chinese water deer, golden jackals, red-necked wallabies, and Barbary apes scamper or flutter about? Europe. This..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2006. revised edition). Small octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This popular book is the only field guide to all of California's 130 freshwater fish species, both native and introduced. Revised and updated throughout, the guide now features the only complete collection of color illustrations of California..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $42. A comprehensive field guide to the 346 species of birds found in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. This field guide is the companion volume to the Birds of northern South America: an identification guide (Volume 1): species accounts. [stock id 24369] by the same authors. Over 2,250 species are accurately illustrated with a total of..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $60. This new photoguide covers all species occurring in the areas bordering the Mediterranean. These regions cover some of the most distinctive and bird-rich habitats in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Colour photographs of species..... More