GAME BIRDS. By Douglas Dewar. With wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish.

1928 1st edition. 4to (200 x 260mm). Ppx,256. Tipped-in b/w plates by E. Fitch Daglish, bibliography. Binding A - Green cloth with bevelled edges, spine titled in gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, top edge gilt, slightly larger format than binding B.

Descriptions of all the British game bird species illustrated with E. Fitch Daglish's attractive wood engravings. Chapters include:- Characteristics and classification of game birds; Coloration of game birds; The moult of game birds; Game bird hybrids; The pheasant; The partridge; The red-legged partridge; The quail; The grouse; The ptarmigan; The black grouse; The capercaillie; The snipe; The jack snipe; The woodcock; The mallard; The teal; The widgeon; The pochard; A key to the wild-fowl of the British Isles.