Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, signature, very good copy in spine-sunned dustwrapper.

Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Snipe, Godwits, Curlews, Sandpipers, Redshank, Greenshank, Tattler, Dowitcher, Knot, Phalarope, Pratincole, Skua, Jaeger, Gulls, Terns, Noddies, Pigeons and Doves.