THE BIRDS OF AFRICA VOLUME V. Edited by Emil K. Urban, C. Hilary Fry and Keith Stuart.

1997 1st edition. 4to (243 x 316mm). Ppxx,669. 32 colour plates of paintings of birds by Martin Woodcock, b/w illustrations, distribution maps, extensive bibliography. Brown boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The families treated in this volume fall into the following groups: thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, monarch flycatchers, wattle-eyes and puffback flycatchers. The editors and artists have worked closely with nine other authors - all acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce a superb reference in which encyclopaedic texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves. An extensive bibliography, acoustic references and indexes complete this marvellous work of reference.