Yabuuchi, Masayuki

Japanese Wild Birds no.4, The Birds in the Mountains (Nihon no Yacho volume 4, Yama no Tori).

Tokyo: Fukuon Publishing House, 1981. Second printing. Pp. 60, (4); 75 fine color illustrations of perching birds. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), sm 4to (10.5 x 7.25 inches). The first printing was published in 1978. From the library of Dorothy Hartshorne with her bookplate on the front endpaper. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5779

Catalogue: Japanese Birds

Yamashina, Yoshimaro et al.

Nipponia nippon: The Japanese Crested Ibis.

Tokyo: Kyoikusha (Newton Books), 1983. First edition. Pp. 301, (2); 400+ fine color photos (some are double page) of the crested Ibis and its habitat, 24 color distribution maps of Ibis species across the world (each map is accompanied by a fine color drawing of the species range listed in the map), 2 color anatomical drawings of the crested Ibis, color maps of the species' range in Japan, 10 color paintings of the crested Ibis from historical sources over the past 200 years. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardbound) with matching color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. At one time, the crested Ibis was widespread in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Russia. It has now disappeared from most of its former range. The last wild crested ibis in Japan died in October 2003, with the remaining wild population found only in Shaanxi province of China until reintroduction of captive bred birds back into Japan in 2008. They were previously thought to be extinct in China as well until 1981 when only seven ibises were seen in Shaanxi, China. Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, limited range, winter starvation, and persecution in last century brought this endangered species to the brink of extinction. The crested ibis has been listed in Appendix I of the conservation treaty CITES (from Wiki). This volume, published in 1983, documents the Japanese efforts to save the crested Ibis from extinction. It also documents a captive breeding program in Japan in the 1970s. There are historical photos of the crested Ibis in Japan. This fine monograph is full of superb color photos and range maps. The text is in Japanese. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5740

Catalogue: Japanese Birds

Yoshii, Masashi and Kanouchi, Takuya.

Migratory Birds in Japan (in Japanese).

Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1979. First edition. Pp. 103, (1); numerous color photos and color distribution maps, 10 monochrome distribution maps at the end. Publisher's original blue cloth (textured as simulated leather) with color pictorial endpapers, in a color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Text in Japanese with English common bird names and Latin names used throughout. Bookplate of Dorothy Hartshorne on the front endpaper. A fine (as new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6027

Catalogue: Japanese Birds

Yuasa, Daitaro (editor)

Avifauna of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Koriyama City, Fukushima: Nihon Yacho no kai (privately printed), 1953. First edition. Pp. (6), 402, (1); frontispiece photo of editor, a few black-and-white text-photos. Original printed tan wrappers, lettered in red on the front cover, sm 8vo (7 x 5.25 inches). This work dedicated to the Emperor of Japan; it was not offered for commercial sale. An early review of the birds of Fukushima Prefecture. It is not known how many species of birds survived the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that began on March 11, 2011. As this study was written in 1955, it could serve as a benchmark for comparison with the bird species that still remain in Fukushima Prefecture. The text is entirely in Japanese. From the research library of ornithologist Oliver L. Austin (past Director of the Austin Ornithological Research Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and past Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History), with his rectangular Japanese/English name-stamp seal on the rear endpaper. Warmly inscribed by the author to O. L. Austin, dated Christmas, 1953 on the front endpaper. Very scarce. This work shows few signs of use. One corner of rear wrapper is missing that extends to the paper at the top of the spine, the text block shows light marginal browning to the outer margins only; overall of good solid copy of a very rare work..

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Book number: 5732

Catalogue: Japanese Birds

Keywords: Japanese birds birds avifauna Oliver L. Austin Uchida Asia Asian birds