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

1928 1st edition. Small 4to (195 x 250mm). Ppx,256. Tipped-in b/w plates by E. Fitch Daglish, bibliography. Binding B - Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, edges trimmed, top edge not gilt, slightly smaller format than binding A.

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.