Parrots of Australasia.
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More about Parrots of Australasia
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New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. Octavo, black and white photographs, paperback. More about New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology
Quest for the Kakapo.
Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. The salvaging of the last remaining Kakapos and the subsequent breeding successes is probably the greatest story of modern conservation ornithology. More about Quest for the Kakapo
Parrots: the animal answer guide.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, colour and black and white photographs, maps, paperback. WAS $40. This guide provides detailed, factual answers to questions such as what parrots eat in the wild, why so many species live in the Amazon, how intelligent parrots are, and what is the world's... More about Parrots: the animal answer guide
Kakapo country: the story of the world's most unusual bird.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. Octavo, colour illustrations, lengthy inscription, softcover. More about Kakapo country: the story of the world's most unusual bird
The world of cockatoos.
Neptune City: T.F.H., 1985. Quarto, colour photos graphs, fine copy in laminated boards. More about The world of cockatoos
The biology and status of the Long-billed Corella in Australia.
Camarillo: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1994. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, vol.5 no.4, May 1994. More about The biology and status of the Long-billed Corella in Australia
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper. Handsome red full calf and cloth-backed slipcase, limited to 95 numbered copies signed by both author and artist. The deluxe edition, originally priced at $850. We also have stocks of the trade edition [stock record 35064]... More about Australian parrots
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson and was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William T.... More about Australian parrots
Australian parrots.
Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, (1981. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Australian parrots
Pigeons and doves of the world.
London: British Museum (Natural History), (1970. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, slightly damaaged dustwrapper. More about Pigeons and doves of the world
Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, (1998. first edition). Octavo, 88 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first identification guide to parrots. One-fifth of the world's parrots are on the threatened list and this book includes up-to-date information on their conservation Winner of the 1999 British Library Association's McColvin Medal for... More about Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world
The wood-pigeon.
London: Collins, 1965. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist Monograph 20. More about The wood-pigeon
Glimpses of paradise: the quest for the beautiful parrakeet.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2007. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, colour illustrations by William T. Cooper, Tony Pridham and others. Signed by the author. This book follows the story of the Paradise parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus), beginning with its discovery by naturalist John Gilbert in 1844, on the Condamine... More about Glimpses of paradise: the quest for the beautiful parrakeet
The Dodo and the Solitaire: a natural history.
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A comprehensive book about these two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accounts and illustrations of the dodo and solitaire, covering their history after extinction and discussing... More about The Dodo and the Solitaire: a natural history
Conservation of New World parrots: Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting, St. Lucia, 1980.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Octavo, paperback, More about Conservation of New World parrots: Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting, St....
The Alex studies: cognitive and communicative abilities of Grey Parrots.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback. Now in paperback. "Irene Pepperberg's studies of Alex are some of the most remarkable and significant in the whole field of animal cognition. Her evidence stands up to the closest scrutiny, and Alex the parrot turns out to have cognitive abilities... More about The Alex studies: cognitive and communicative abilities of Grey Parrots
Return of the crazy bird: the sad, strange tale of the Dodo.
New York: Copernicus Books, 2003. Octavo, black and white illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper. Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefully weaves together story fragments to give a cohesive eye-opening view of 17th century exploration and the grave ramifications it... More about Return of the crazy bird: the sad, strange tale of the Dodo
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 about Records of parrot-like birds bred in the USA
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 about Catalogue of the Australian birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney, N.S.W. Part four: Picariae....
The doves, parrots, louries and cuckoos of Southern Africa.
Cape Town: David Philip, 1983. Octavo, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about The doves, parrots, louries and cuckoos of Southern Africa
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 about Catalogue of the Columbae, or pigeons, in the collection of the British Museum
Parrots: a natural history.
Port Melbourne: Lothian, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Parrots: a natural history
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