Ducks in the wild: conserving waterfowl and their habitats.
Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1992. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps. With colour photographs of each of the 111 species, an identification guide and a map showing distribution. More
BIRDS - Ducks, Cormorants, Herons and Grebes
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The Greater flamingo.
London: Poyser, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Poyser monograph. Flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. This book summarises the available understanding of flamingo biology, with discussions of population dynamics, ecology, movements, feeding, breeding biology, and conservation. It also includes a guide to breeding..... More
The Hawaiian Goose: an experiment in conservation.
Calton: Poyser, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First English edition, an american edition was published in the same year. More
Ducks of the world.
Sydney: Weldon, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Eric Hosking's wildfowl.
London: Croom Helm, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, crinkled dustwrapper. More
Ornamental waterfowl.
Old Woking: Gresham Books, 1979. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Grebes of our world: visiting all species on 5 continents.
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, other illustrations, laminated boards. Andre Konter is an ornitholoigist who has travelled to 5 continents to observe and photograph all grebe species. This book outlines his observations made during his travels. Also included are line drawings of all species as well as photographs..... More
Heron conservation.
San Diego: Academic Press, 2000. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. A comprehensive update on status and conservation needs of herons with emphasis on wetland conservation. This book sets the worldwide agenda for conservation of the herons of the world. It gathers together all the details we know about the populations and..... More
The Audubon Society book of water birds.
New York: Abrams, 1987. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ducks of sub-Saharan Africa.
Randburg: Acorn Books, 1986. Folio, 31 colour plates by Gail Darroll, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of heaven: travels with cranes.
London: Harvill Press, 2002. Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. A chronicle of Peter Mathiessen's many journeys in search of the world's fifteen species of cranes. Describes the crane's struggle to survive in a rapidly developing world. Beautifully illustrated by Robert Bateman. More
Birdwatching on inland fresh waters.
London: Severn House, 1981. Octavo, photographs, inscription, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Wild geese.
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1978. Octavo, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. US edition. WAS $50. Covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia - classification, identification, ecology, breeding, distribution, migration, exploitation and conservation. More
Wild geese.
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1978. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia- classification, identification, ecology, breeding, distribution, migration, exploitation and conservation. More
Catalogue of the game birds (Pterocletes, Gallinae, Opisthocomi, Hemipodii) in the Collection of the British Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1893. Octavo, eight chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened, a near fine copy. Volume 22 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898... More
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A natural history of the ducks [facsimile, volume one only].
New York: Dover Publications, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Solitary goose.
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, Includes lyrical lessons on the life cycle of geese, the mystery of their migratory patterns, and their adaptability. This title shows how species-management programs re-established the birds outside their previous range at the same time as golf courses, office parks, and..... More
Bewick's Swan.
London: Poyser, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Poyser monograph. A fascinating and highly readable monograph, showcasing one of the flagship species of wetland conservation in Britain to superb effect. The arrival of thousands of Bewick's Swans from their Arctic breeding grounds to lakes and wetlands..... More
The Conservation and Management of the Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham in South Australia.
South Australia: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1982. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, softcover. Department of Enviroment and Planning Special Publication Number one. More
The Mandarin Duck.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1952. Quarto, colour frontispiece by Peter Scott, text illustrations, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Catalogue of the Picariea in the Collection of the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges, containing the families Rhamphastidae, Galbulidae and Bucconidae ... and the families Indicatoridae, Capitonidae, Cuclidae, and Musophagidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1891. Octavo, 13 chromolithographic plates by Smit and Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened . Volume 19 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: part two, containing the families Coerebidae, Tanagridae and Icteridae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1886. Octavo, 18 handcoloured plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume eleven from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Oligomyodae, in the families Tyrannidae, Oxyrhamphidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Phytotomidae, Philepittidae, Pittidae, Xenicidae, and Eurylemidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1888. Octavo, 26 chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened. Volume 14 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonae, or the families Dendrocolaptidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae and Pteroptochidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1890. Octavo, 20 chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened. Volume 15 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
Atlas of Anatidae populations in Africa and western Eurasia.
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 1996. Quarto, coloured maps, softcover. More
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