A MONOGRAPH ON THE FAMILY APTERYGIDAE: KIWIS.

1990 1st edition. Large 4to. Pp188,ill. Colour paintings and b/w drawings by R. Harris-Ching, b/w photographs, bibliography. Yellowish cloth.

This is a detailed and informative monograph on the various speices and subspecies of the kiwi, illustrated with superb paintings and drawings by Ray Harris-Ching. The authors of the text are, J.H. Andrews, William A. Calder, M.A. Fingland, J.N. Jolly, Ruud Kleinpaste, J.A. McLennan, and C. Sinclair Smith. Chapters include; a history of kiwi discovery (Andrews); brown kiwis (McLennan); the South Island Brown kiwi (McLennan); the North Island brown kiwi (McLennan); the great spotted kiwi (McLennan); the little spotted kiwi (Jolly); kiwis in a pine forest habitat (Kleinpaste); the aviculture of the kiwi (Fingland); the kiwi and its egg (Calder); the kiwi in art (Sinclair Smith)*. This copy is inscribed by the author to a former owner on the half-title.