Belcher. Charles Frederic.

The Birds of Nyasaland. Being a Classified List of the Species . . .

The Technical Press.1930 1st edition. Gilt title on light blue cloth boards. 356pp illustrated folding map as frontis. 8vo 0.7kg. Externally worn, but a sound clean copy. Foxing to preliminary pages else excellent contents and a very clean original map. "... Recorded For The Nyasaland Protectorate Up To The Year 1930, With Brief Descriptions And Field Notes, And A Map".

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Book number: 28668

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Berruti. A. & Sinclair, (Ian) J.C.

Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africa.

Struik. Cape Town 1983 1st edition. Printed boards. 302pp illustrated drawings. colour photos. maps. etc. large 8vo. No inscriptions, little used else a near Fine copy. ISBN: 9780869771655 More than 120 birding sites described with full details of which species, where, and when. A particularly useful guide for travellers.

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Book number: 21606

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Berruti. A. & Sinclair, (Ian) J.C.

Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africa.

Struik. Cape Town 1983 1st edition. Printed boards. 302pp illustrated drawings. colour photos. maps. etc. large 8vo. No inscriptions, little used, a VG+ copy. ISBN: 0869771655 More than 120 birding sites described with full details of which species, where, and when. A particularly useful guide for travellers.

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Book number: 25211

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Brown, Leslie.

African Birds of Prey.

Collins. London 1970 1st edition. Brown skivertex boards. 320pp illustrated b/w photos. maps, diagrams, tables, graphs, appendices. etc. 8vo. No inscription. VG+ in attractive G-VG dustwrapper (price-clipped, rear tanned. spine fading, but no tears or loss). ISBN: 9780002110440 A study of Africa's 89 diurnal raptors and owls.

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Book number: 10808

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Brown, Leslie. & Amadon, Dean.

Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Volumes 1 & 2.

Country Life Books 1968 1st edition. 2 volumes gilt dec brown cloth boards. 945pp total. illustrated. in matching slipcase. 305mm x 235mm x 958mm overall. 5.7kg. Edges & eps spotted else contents unmarked. edges spotted, light wear only. minor signs of wear at bottom of spines else VG+ condition. Worn slipcase. Gift inscription "To Cecily & Jack (Niven) ... ". Cecily Niven was the daughter of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (author of 'Jock Of The Bushveld') and in her own right the founder of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at UCT Cape Town.

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Book number: 23201

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Collar, N.J. & Stuart, S.N. (Ill. Norman Arlott).

Threatened Birds of Africa and Related Islands. The Icbp/Iucn Red Data Book Part 1.

ICBP Cambridge 1985. 3rd edition. Red cloth boards. 761pp 8vo. illustrated 12 coloured plates. Top edge has light foxing with a minimal touch also on foredge. owners stamp on top edge (see below) else a Fine copy in Fine dustwrapper. attractive near new copy. ISBN: 2880326044 This was Gordon L. Maclean's copy (editor of later editions of Robert's Birds) and so signed by him at Pietermaritzburg 16 April 1993.

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Book number: 21863

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: avian natural history

Cooper, J. (Ed).

Proceedings of the Symposium on Birds of the Sea and Shore.

African Seabird Group. Cape Town 1981. Printed wraps, 473pp. 0.9kg. Spine browned else a sound clean copy. ISBN: 0620063548 Held At The University Of Cape Town. 19-21 November 1975. 37 papers on subject groups of feeding ecology, patterns of distribution, distribution studies, physiology and breeding biology.

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Book number: 14631

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Cyrus, Digby. & Robson, Nigel.

Bird Atlas of Natal. Illustrated By Tony Clarkson.

University of Natal Press. Pietermaritzburg 1980. Black cloth boards. 320pp illustrated 4to. Includes the vegetation & altitude transparency for the maps which is often missing. A Fine copy in VG+ d/w (spine faded, a little folded over along top front edge, minor wear at head & tail of spine, no tears or loss). ISBN: 0869802151 Signed on title page by both Authors. The distinctive feature of this is that recordings by the authors over a 10-year period from January 1970 have been plotted onto maps to give a precise record of the distribution of 530 species. There is a short description of each species world distribution and local habitat. The occurences are shown with seasonal variation and will guide bird watchers to positive identification. Includes also a discussion of the project background and methods used to assemble the data. The environmental factors affecting the distributions such as altitude, vegetation, temperature, rainfall, etc are depicted in a further series of maps with an account of the main vegetation types found in Natal. The distributions of 100 rarer species are outlined. A checklist of birds recorded in Natal along with full scientific and english name indexes complete this work.

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Book number: 13978

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Jenkins, Andrew.

Southern Africa's Birds of Prey.

Africa Geographic / Sasol. Cape Town 2005. Large format softcover 80pp illustrated colour photographs. No inscriptions, VG condition. ISBN: 062034234X A well illustrated introduction.

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Book number: 29319

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Lockwood, Geoff.

Geoff Lockwood's Garden Birds of Southern Africa.

Winchester Press. Johannesburg1981 1st edition. ix + 180pp. illustrsted coloured plates and b/w drawings by author, distribution maps. 4to. 1.3kg. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, a VG copy but no dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780620052368 A reference to 104 of the bird species that regularly visit gardens in Southern Africa. Many useful appendices.

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Book number: 29039

Catalogue: Ornithology

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MacDonald, J.D. & Serventy, D.L. (Illus. Peter Slater).

Birds of Australia. A Summary of Information.

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney 1973 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. 552pp illustrated 4to. 1.7kg. Eps spotted, some bumps to top edge, some pencil annnotations by the inscribee. VG copy in bright matching dustwrapper (wearing at head of spine).. ISBN: 0589071173 Signed by Author to title page and warmly inscribed to Cecily & Jack Niven. Cecily Niven was the daughter of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. The Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town was founded in 1959 through her efforts and financial support.

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Book number: 23202

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Neumann, Norman.

Avifauna Africana. 12 Watercolours of South African Wild Birds.

Hugh Keartland 1965 1st edition. Good, no dustwrapper

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Book number: 28512

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: prints

Rowan, M.K. (Illus. Graeme Arnott).

The Doves, Parrots, Louries and Cuckoos of Southern Africa.

David Philip for John Voelker Bird Book Fund. Green cloth boards. 429pp illustrated 8vo. 1.0kg. A VG+ copy in matching protected dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780908396665 Not specifically included in the title, but also covered in this work, are pigeons & coucals. A detailed work on this group of birds with 8 full-page coloured plates illustrating the species, location maps, and a huge amount of information on each species.

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Book number: 29425

Catalogue: Ornithology

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Steyn, Peter.

Eagle Days. A Study of African Eagles at the Nest.

Sable reprint of original Purnell edition (Johannesburg 1973). Gilt dec. green cloth boards. 158pp. illustrated 144 col.b/w photos. No inscription. Fine condition in near Fine dustwrapper. ISBN: 978360002241 Contents include chapters on the Fish eagle, the Tawny eagle, the Crowned Eagle, the Martial eagle, the African Hawk-Eagle, Snake Eagles and the Bateleur

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Book number: 17233

Catalogue: Ornithology

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