MAURICE BURTON - Birds and Beasts of Field and Jungle

London England, Odhams, 1960. First Edition, Binding: Decorative Boards, Maurice Parent Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Hardback Decorative cloth and boards. Slight wear to edges of boards Illustrated throughout of the birds and the beasts of the fields and jungles. We start with the birds seen in our gardens, take a very brief look at them and then go into the world beyond, into the fields and the woods, along the streams and the rivers, down to the lakeside and to the shore. We pass from the lowlands to the mountains, and we pass across the continent of Europe to Africa and India. Many of the birds will be familiar to us, even those that live long distances away, for birds have this great advantage over almost every other kind of animal, that they can fly long distances.