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FIRST EDITION, FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAPPER. 992 PAGES. ILLUSTRATED BY KIM FRANKLIN, DAVID MEAD AND PHILIP BURTON. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BESTERMAN MCCOLVIN MEDAL. OVER 2,000 PERCHED AND FLYING BIRDS, SOME WITH TYPICAL PREY, ARE DEPICTED ON THE 112 COLOUR PLATES. FACING TEXTS HIGHLIGHT THE PLUMAGES SHOWN AND SUMMARISE LENGTH, WINGSPAN, MALE-FEMALE PROPORTION, SHAPE AND FLIGHT; HABITAT IS ALSO SUMMARISED, WHICH IN TURN RELATES TO THE COLOUR DISTRIBUTION MAPS. PLATES 1-3 ILLUSTRATE REPRESENTATIVES, IN FLIGHT, OF ALL 78 GENERA, GROUPED BY SIZE AND ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS.