BIRDS AND MEN: THE BIRD LIFE OF BRITISH TOWNS, VILLAGES, GARDENS and FARMLAND. By E.M. Nicholson. Collins New Naturalist No. 17. Hardback First Edition.

1951 1st edition. Large 8vo (151 x 222mm). Ppxvi,256. Colour photograph plates by Eric Hosking, b/w photographs, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt.

Fascinating examination of the human impact on bird life, "with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action". Colour photography by Eric Hosking. Chapters include; how men have shaped nature; birds of town and farm; farm land and farm birds; life-histories of farm birds; garden, orchard and hedgerow birds; life-histories of garden and hedgerow birds; birds of towns and buildings; life-histories of birds of towns and buildings; birds among people. Includes and index of bird names.