Borrow, N. and Demey, R. Birds of Western Africa.
Pub. Helm. 2004 pp. 512. New in card covers.
The first comprehensive field guide to the 23 western African countries - from Mauritania east to Chad and south to Congo, including all the island groups. A total of 1,304 species are covered. One hundred and forty-eight colour plates are used to display the birds.
£29.99 [ref: 35249]

Clarke, T. Birds of the Atlantic Islands. Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde.
Pub. Helm. 2006 pp. 368 with 69 plates. Mint pbk. In print at £29.99.
The first comprehensive field guide to these islands. Covers all residents, migratory and vagrant species, including all subspecies that occur on the islands, many of which are endemic.
£28.00 [ref: 29032]

De Roy, T. et al. Albatross. Their world, their ways.
Pub. Helm. 2008 pp. 240, with beautiful colour photographs. Fine in fine dw. In-print at £35.00
The most comprehensive book to date on these amazing birds, combining evocative writing and superb photography of all species worldwide with the latest research and species by species descriptions.
£33.25 [ref: 35426]

Forsman, D. The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East. A handbook of field identification.
1st. Rep. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2007 pp.xviii, 589 with over 700 colour photographs. A fine copy in card covers.
This book presents the most complete and up-to-date guide to the recognition of the diurnal raptors of Europe and the Middle East yet published.
£29.99 [ref: 39102]

Jaramillo, Burke & Beadle. Birds of Chile. including the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falklands and South Georgia.
Pub. Helm. 2007 pp. 240 with 96 plates depicting 470 species. Mint pbk. In print at £19.99.
This is the first comphrehensive field guide to the birds of Chile.
£18.50 [ref: 29034]

Jobling, James A. Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.
1st. Pub. Christopher Helm 2010 pp. 432. Mint copy in dw.
Many scientific bird names describe a bird’s habits, habitat or distribution, or a plumage feature, while others are named after their discoverers or in honour of prominent ornithologists or patrons. This reference book lists the generic, specific and subspecific names of every form of bird in the world - some 20,000 entries in total and provides their meanings and derivations.
£40.00 [ref: 38483]

Johnson, A. & Cezilly, F. The Greater Flamingo.
Pub. Poyser. 2007 pp. 328, colour photographs, line drawings, charts and tables. Mint in dw. In-print at £40.00.
Covers the latest thinking on Flamingo biology, with detailed discussions of population dynamics, evolution and systematics, migration and movements, feeding, reproductive biology and conservation, with emphasis placed on the authors work on the famous Flamingo population in the Carmargue region of Southern France.
£38.00 [ref: 35432]

Latta, S. et al. Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Helm Field Guides.
Pub. Helm. 2006 pp.viii, 258 with 57 pages of colour plates. New pbk. In-print at £24.99.
Covers all 302 species known to have occurred on the island, including 31 endemics.
£22.50 [ref: 35259]

Message, S. & Taylor, D. Waders of Europe, Asia and North America.
1st. Pub. Helm. 2005 pp.224 with 77 plates. Mint pbk. copy.
A definitive field guide to 124 species of northern hemisphere waders with dist. maps.
£22.50 [ref: 29042]

Noroji, R. Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent.
1st. Pub. Helm. 2006 pp. 692, with colour plates and distribution maps throughout the text. Fine copy in fine dw. In-print at £40.00.
The Indian subcontinent is renowned for the diversity of its raptors. This is the definative reference to these magnificent birds covering all 69 species recorded in the subcontinent plus several well-marked races and 2 unconfirmed species.
£38.00 [ref: 35420]