Gaston, A J & D. N. Nettleship

The Thick-Billed Murres of Prince Leopold Island; a Study of the Breeding Ecology of a Colonial High Arctic Seabird

Ottawa Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxvii, (i), 350, appendices; Illustrated with charts, maps, diagrams and a color frontispiece and nineteen additional color plates; pictorial paper covered glossy boards. A serious study. Very good .

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Book number: 16339

Catalogue: Ornithology / Birds

Harrison, Colin

An Atlas of the Birds of the Western Palaearctic; Design and Cartography by Crispin Fisher

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1982. First American Edition, English Sheets. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 322, index; 673 colored distribution maps throughout; blue cloth lettered in silver in a pictorial dust jacket. Atlas to the Summer, Winter and resident distributions of 639 species of bird in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East with the breeding ranges of 167 species from adjoining areas to show patterns of distribution across Eurasia as a whole. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 17243

Catalogue: Ornithology / Birds

Sutton, George Miksch

Bird Student an Autobiography

Austin, University Of Texas Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, 216; illustrated with three color plates, other illustrations in black and white; blue cloth lettered in white in a pictorial dust jacket. "At 13, George Miksch Sutton planned a school of ornithology centered around his collection of bird skins, feathers, bones, nests, eggs, and a prized stuffed crow. At 81, he is one of the most prominent ornithologists and bird artists of our time. He describes his metamorphosis from amateur to professional in "Bird Student".", Jacket. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 16337

Catalogue: Ornithology / Birds