Parrots and pigeons of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, number seven. More
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Parrots and pigeons of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, scuff mark on title page, very good copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, number seven. More
The parrots of Australia: a guide to field identification and habits.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. Octavo, colour plates, maps, fine copy (mint?) in dustwrapper. More
Parrots of the world.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1973. first edition). Folio, colour plates, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. One of the great twentieth century bird books and a central work for anyone seriously interested in parrots. More
Australian parrots.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1972. reprint). Quarto, tipped-in colour photographs, a few tape marks, otherwise a fine copy in fine dustwrapper. A great book, continuing the tradition of Neville Cayley's 1938 Australian parrots: their habits in the field and aviary. More
Parrots of the world.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1978. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, one leaf completely loose, otherwise a near mint copy in dustwrapper. A smaller format version of the original, with revisions. PROVENANCE: John Courtney (1934-2025) was a grazier who made a significant contribution to Australian ornithology and had a particular interest in..... More
![Stock ID 15374 Australian parrots: volume two [only], Psittacinae. Joseph M. Forshaw, William T....](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15374.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776230117)
Australian parrots: volume two [only], Psittacinae.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, (1980. second edition). Folio, colour plates. Publisher's full green calf, limited to 1000 copies, numbered and signed by author and artist. More
Pigeons and doves in Australia.
Sydney: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, oblong format, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. FIRST PRINTING - MOST COPIES WERE DESTROYED. Unfortunately the first printing of PIGEONS AND DOVES was plagued with printing and binding issues which seriously impacted the production quality of the book. The publisher and printer correctly decided to reprint and..... More
Pigeons and doves in Australia.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2015. first edition). Quarto, oblong format, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, very scarce. *** This is the genuine first printing which was recalled due to concerns over paper quality, very few copies of this first printing survived because the stock was pulped. The reprint used a...... More
Pigeons and doves of Australia.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. An excellent treatment on the subject. The author as director of CSIRO Wildlife Division maintained an extensive collection of Australian pigeons and doves in Canberra. More
![Stock ID 40889 Jewels of nature: the parrots, volume one [all published]. Gordon K. Hanley](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/40889.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761695109)
Jewels of nature: the parrots, volume one [all published].
Sydney: Fine Art Collectibles, 2001. Elephant folio, 60 plates by Gordon Hanley. Full green morocco with an inlaid picture of a Major Mitchell Cockatoo, numbered and signed by Gordon Hanley and the publisher (Okko Boer); all in a green solander carry-case. Text by Neville Connors, Stephen Garnett, Rosemary Low, Charles..... More
![Stock ID 2414 Natural history of parrots [facsimile]. Francois Le Vaillant](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2414.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758439517)
Natural history of parrots [facsimile].
Paris: Imprimé, 1989. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 1000 numbered copies, slight stain to top edge otherwise a fine copy. This reduced facsimile has a full English translation from the French of the original text. More
On the myology of the tongue of parrots with a classification of the order based upon the structure of the tongue [drop title].
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1902. Large quarto, four lithographed plates. contemporary binder's cloth, wrappers retained, a fine copy. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume 16, part five, More
The wood-pigeon.
London: Collins, 1965. Octavo, photographs, near fine copy in dustwrapper (not price-clipped). New Naturalist Monograph 20. More
Notes on the Red-crowned Parrakeet (Cyanorhaphus cooki) of Norfolk Island.
Sydney: Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1893. Octavo, one uncoloured plate, bookplate, binder's cloth. More
Glimpses of paradise: the quest for the beautiful parrakeet.
Brisbane: National Library of Australia, 2007. Quarto, photographs, colour illustrations by William T. Cooper, Tony Pridham and others, fine copy in softcover, increasingly sought after. Penny Olsen takes us on a journey of discovery—from Gilbert's first observations in 1844 to recent claims and the evidence surrounding them. The story of..... More
Conservation of New World parrots: Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting, St. Lucia, 1980.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Octavo, stamp, softcover. More
Records of parrot-like birds bred in the USA.
London: Author, 1949. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's blue cloth, paper dustwrapper with handwritten label, a fine copy. More
Australian parrots and cockatoos: paintings by Neville Cayley
Sydney: Popular Books, 1987. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in laminated boards. Originally published as 'Neville Cayley: his Royal Zoological Society of NSW collection of parrots and cockatoos of Australia'. More
Catalogue of the Australian birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney, N.S.W. Part four: Picariae. Sub-order Halcyones.
Sydney: [Australian Museum], 1894. Octavo, Publisher's wrappers detached and heavily chipped, the neat stamp of the "Royal Society of Edinburgh" More
Catalogue of the Australian birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney, N.S.W. Part three: Psittaci.
Sydney: F W White, 1891. Octavo, signature of Cecil Rix with annotations, paper boards and cloth spine, title page laid down. PROVENANCE: the copy of Cecil Rix (1905-1997), a stalwart of South Australian ornithology and regular contributor to The South Australian Ornithologist (Obituary, volume 33, 1998). More
The doves, parrots, louries and cuckoos of Southern Africa.
Sydney: David Philip, 1983. Octavo, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Behavioural ecology of the Galah Eolophus roseicapillus in the wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards, This detailed study of the Galah includes chapters on behaviour, social behaviour, vocalisations, breeding biology, productivity and survival. More
Catalogue of the Columbae, or pigeons, in the collection of the British Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1893. Octavo, 14 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, apart from a library pocket and a small paper library stamp on the bottom of the spine, a near fine copy. Volume 21 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British..... More
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