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Oakes, C. - The Birds of Lancashire

Title: The Birds of Lancashire
Description: Oliver & Boyd 1953 xv, 377, 31 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt title to spine; top edge tinted green, other edges uncut. Vg in slightly worn d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Includes a typescript postcard signed by the author, dated 1949 acknowledging information received from a Mr R. Walker on a large flock of Limosa limosa (Black-tailed godwit) recorded in 1948. The author thanks a number of field observers in his introduction, including R. Walker, and the section on the Black-tailed godwit refers to the large flock seen by R. Walker in 1948 near Lytham.. First edition. A study of the 276 bird species of the County of Lancaster, their habits, migrations, and the effects of Lancashire's geology, climate, and agriculture on bird life..

Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Lancashire; England; Britain

Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S55137

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