FEATHERED FRIENDS. By Ian Niall.

1984 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,170. B/w line drawings by Louis Mackay. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Ian Niall's stories of birds - especially from his childhood on a Galloway farm. Chapters include:- The scart; A blue-eyed duck; Danny and the peacock; The story of Joe the Raven; Owls on the chimney; Call of the wild goose; Turkey troubles; The surfeit of guineas; Mallard on the moss; The bird-catcher; The pigeon loft; The secret rookery; Singing birds; A final fling; Hawks in my hands; The cock crow; Tale of two birds; A final word on the chicken and the egg.