London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2003. Octavo, 26 colour plates, 240 colour photographs, maps and text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first guide to cover the 26 species of Holarctic pipits and wagtails in detail. The species accounts cover all aspects of identification (taxonomy, size and structure..... More
Perth: Western Australian Museum, 1985. Quarto, wrappers, one colour photograph, text illustrations. Records of the Australian Museum, Volume 37, Numbers three and four [bound as one], consists predominantly of articles about the Noisy Scrub-bird. More
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1930]. Octavo, photographs, printed wrappers with oval photograph and yapp edges, a fine copy, scarce. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. A photographic identification guide to tanagers, cardinals, and finches. The photographs illustrate age, seasonal, and sexual variation in the species found north of Mexico, including introduced species and vagrants. It is designed to introduce the biology, identification, molts, vocalization..... More
New York: Academic Press, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. This guide covers all 64 species of emberizine sparrow found in the United States and Canada. It is illustrated with over 350 photographs and gives detailed information on the identification of species, sexes, age, races and forms of all sparrows..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1953. Octavo, photographs, wrappers, partly unopened. Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 203, More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, volume five. More
London: Christopher Helm, 2001. Octavo, 32 colour plates by Barry Kent Mackay, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Quelea is the world's most numerous bird and the most serious avian agriculture pest. Hundreds of millions are killed each year yet it remains as abundant as ever. More
London: Collins, 1950. Octavo, text illustrations, near fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist Monograph number two. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Octavo, colour plates, maps, signature, dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2001. reprint). Octavo, 60 colour plates, maps, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A Helm Identification Guide. All species of Turdidae are described and illustrated in full colour including adults, immatures and most of the distinctive races. It is a comprehensive treatment of the..... More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (2000. reprint). Octavo, 60 colour plates, maps, text illustrations, signature fine copy in dustwrapper. First American printing. A Helm Identification Guide. All species of Turdidae are described and illustrated in full colour including adults, immatures and most of the distinctive races. It is a comprehensive..... More
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1991. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. The author reviews literature on reed-warblers and includes his own observations. More
London: Helm, 1994. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. The best-ever book on this complex group and a "must" for the serious bird watcher. The 36 colour plates show the major age, sex and racial variations for all species, with colour distribution maps. Many of these..... More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2003. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. FREIGHT WILL BE $18, WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Completed in sixteen volumes, 1992-2013. Species accounts cover taxonomy, distribution (including subspecies), habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation. The first passerine volume. This volume covers broadbills, asities, pittas, ovenbirds..... More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2006. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. FREIGHT WILL BE $18, WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Completed in sixteen volumes, 1992-2013. This is the fourth passerine volume. Species accounts cover taxonomy, distribution (including subspecies), habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation. Covers old world flycatchers, batises..... More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2010. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. FREIGHT WILL BE $18, WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Completed in sixteen volumes, 1992-2013. The eighth passerine volume. Species accounts cover taxonomy, distribution (including subspecies), habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation. This volume includes: Weavers, Whydahs and Indigobirds..... More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2008. Quarto, colour plates and colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. FREIGHT WILL BE $18, WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Completed in sixteen volumes, 1992-2013. The sixth passerine volume with sections on Australian species such as Pardalotes and Honeyeaters, written by Australian experts. The series is to be completed..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Sydney: National Museum, 1983. Octavo, More
Adelaide: Rigby, (1978. first edition]. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. colour plates by John Gould, W. Hart and J. G. Keulemans from Bowdler Sharpe's Monograph of the Paradiseidae (1891-1898). With extra illustrations by Peter Hayman.Some pale foxing, otherwise very good in shelf worn dustwrapper. More
New York: Charles C. Thomas, 1929. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate, publisher's cloth. More