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

(1951) 1990 Bloomsbury Books edition. 8vo (140 x 215mm). Ppxvi,256. B/w photographs by Eric Hosking, b/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Cream paper-covered boards, 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 habitatgreatly modified or actually formed by human action." The colour photographs by Eric Hosking which appeared in the first edition are here reproduced in black and white.