RAMBLES IN BRITAINS' BIRDLAND. By Oliver G. Pike.
1930 1st edition. 8vo (125 x 188mm). Pp236,4pp ads. 24 b/w photograph plates. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled in black, uniform with other Herbert Jenkins titles.
"Mr. Oliver Pike deserves great praise for the thorough and painstaking way in which he has discovered the habits of birds, and for the way in which he has placed these new facts on record. The book is full of pleasing anecdotes and interesting happenings, related by one who has a keen eye and sympathetic insight into the customs of many of our birds. The author's photographs well serve to illustrate and enforce his text." Chapters include: The cuckoo; The black-necked grebe; The fulmar petrel's home; The buzzard; The Kentish and ringed plovers; The fox covert; In the haunt of the divers; The kingfisher; The raven of the mountains; The cliffs of Hoy; Birds of prey; In the haunt of the wild goose.
"Mr. Oliver Pike deserves great praise for the thorough and painstaking way in which he has discovered the habits of birds, and for the way in which he has placed these new facts on record. The book is full of pleasing anecdotes and interesting happenings, related by one who has a keen eye and sympathetic insight into the customs of many of our birds. The author's photographs well serve to illustrate and enforce his text." Chapters include: The cuckoo; The black-necked grebe; The fulmar petrel's home; The buzzard; The Kentish and ringed plovers; The fox covert; In the haunt of the divers; The kingfisher; The raven of the mountains; The cliffs of Hoy; Birds of prey; In the haunt of the wild goose.
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60597
| Author | Pike (Oliver G.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 60597 |
| ISBN | B00085QD1M. |
| Book Description | Dedication to end-paper, slight foxing to edges, end-papers and prelims. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1930 |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins. |
| Place | London. |