BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: A COMPANION GUIDE. By P.A.D. Hollom, R.F. Porter, S. Christensen and Ian Willis.

(1988) 1988 1st US edition. Pp280. Colour paintings and b/w illustrations by Ian Willis, distribution maps, bibliography. Pictorial boards.

Detailed portable guide for the ornithologist and bird watcher which "includes all known breeding, wintering, migratory and accidental species in the region." Covers the area bounded by Iran, Turkey, the entire Arabian peninsula and all the North African countries from Egypt to Morocco. "The species accounts treat identification with especial thoroughness and there are also sections for voice, habitat and status. The 510 two-colour distribution maps provide more up to date information than is to be found in any comparable source." An authoritative and useful work in the best tradition of ornithology's foremost publishing house. This is the American edition of Poyser's original title, the two books being to all intents and purposes identical.