FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER (NOTE THAT THE TITLE ON THE SPINE IS INCORRECT ‘A HANDBOOK TO THE GAME BIRDS’). NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
REPRINT FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION DISTRIBUTION ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENTS BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY VOICE PLUMAGE RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. PUBLISHED IN LIFE AND LETTERS VOLUME 3 NUMBER 15 AUGUST 1929. A VERY SLIGHTLY ABBREVIATED VERSION. THE MAGAZINE WAS EDITED BY DESMOND MACCARTHY. VERY GOOD.
