1938-1941 The Handbook of British Birds

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Complete in five volumes. First edition. An informative set of ornithological handbooks, which describes and analyses the appearance and behaviour of numerous British birds. Intended for beginner and experienced ornithologists and bird-watchers. Volume one contains Crows to Flycatchers and is illustrated with thirty-two plates many of which are in colour, six maps, and numerous in-text figures. Volume two contains Warblers to Owls and is illustrated with thirty plates many of which are in colour, six maps, and numerous in-text figures. Volume three contains Hawks to Ducks and is illustrated with thirty-none plates many of which are in colour, seven maps, and numerous in-text figures. Volume four contains Cormorants to Crane and is illustrated with thirty-three plates many of which are in colour, eight maps, and numerous in-text figures. Volume five contains Terns to Game-Birds with additions and corrections, as well as systematic list and indices. Illustrated with twenty-two plates many of which are in colour, ten maps, and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. Written by Harry Forbes Witherby, a noted British ornithologist, author, publisher and founding editor of the magazine British Birds; Francis Charles Robert Jourdain, a notable British amateur ornithologist and oologist; Norman Frederic Ticehurst, an English surgeon and ornithologist; and Bernard William Tucker, an English ornithologist and lecturer in zoology at Oxford University.