1894 The Nests and Eggs of Non-Indigenous British Birds or Such Species That Do Note Breed within the British Archipelago

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. With a colour frontispiece. A companion volume to the author's previous work The Nests and Eggs of British Birds, dealing exclusively with the nidification of birds that do not breed in the British Archipelago, but do visit the isles regularly or pass the coasts on passage between their usual areas of dispersal. Written by Charles Dixon, an English ornithologist who discovered the St. Kilda wren and a new species in North Africa.