A THOUSAND GEESE. By Peter Scott and James Fisher.

1953 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 217mm). Pp240. Colour frontispiece and b/w text illustrations by Peter Scott, b/w photographs, map, bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is Sir Peter Scott's account of his expedition to discover the principal breeding-grounds of the pinkfoot in the central desert of Iceland. Interesting from the bird point of view, but also a detailed acount of the geography of one of the more inaccessible parts of the country. Chapters include: First catch your goose; The way in; Journey up the Thorsa; The Great Oasis; The ice-cap; Peter's diary - the guides return; James's diary - the goose-pens; Goose-netting and a snowy owl; Peter's diary - the flowers of the Eagle's Fell; The day of frustration; The day of success; Peter's diary - netting, botany and an air-drop; James's diary - a thousand up; Journey home; The last secrets of the netting-places. Appendices are: The pinkfoot in Spitsbergen; The pinkfoot in Greenland; Notes on the birds of the Thjorsarver vidh Hofsjokul.