HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: THE BIRDS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC: VOLUME I OSTRICH TO DUCKS.

(1977) 1980 reprint with corrections. Large 4to (204 x 260mm). Ppx,722. Colour, b/w photographs, colour paintings of birds and eggs, bw illustrations, maps, bibliography, end-paper maps. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Includes ostriches, divers, grebes, albatross, fulmars, shearwaters, petrels, pelicans, bitterns, herons, egrets, flamingos and other species. Detailed treatment of a wide range of species in these groups. Excellent paintings for identification, extensive bibliography and plates of eggs.