Donald, P.F. et al. Facing Extinction. The World’s Rarest Birds and the Race to Save Them.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2013 pp.320 with colour photographs and other text figs. throughout. A new copy in card covers.
This book tells the story of the world’s rarest birds, focusing on the 200 or so species listed by the IUCN as Critically endangered. These range from species like New Zealand’s remarkable Kakapo, to birds about which virtually nothing is known such as the Royal Cinclodes. The book includes chapters on the nature of rarity, how and why birds become rare, and why island species are so vulnerable to human impact.
£25.00 [ref: 45968]

Donovan, J. and Rees, G. Birds of Pembrokeshire. Status and Atlas of Pembrokeshire Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dyfed Wildlife Trust. 1994 pp.viii, 180 with b/w. illus., and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Title page signed by both authors.
The first major county avifauna for Pembrokeshire since R M Lockley's work. Chapters on history, climate, landscape and birdwatching localities are followed by species accounts.
£17.50 [ref: 67679]

Dorst, J. The Life of Birds.
1st. Ed, Rep. Pub. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1982 Two volume set with b/w. photos, figs. & line drawings. Bookplates. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws., showing some sunning to spines.
In these two volumes, one of the world’s leading ornithologists studies the biology of birds from an ecological point of view.
£10.00 [ref: 38188]

Dorst, Jean. The Life of Birds.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1974 Two volume set. 8vos. A thor. vg. hdbk. set in thor. vg. dws.
£10.00 [ref: 51176]

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Douglas Pratt, H. The Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Drepanidinae. Bird Families of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Univ. Press. 2005 pp.xxxiii, 324 with 9 col. plates, b/w. photos., illus. &, dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Covers the life history, relationships, and biology of the birds. The Honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, are famed for their unique evolutionary history as a geographically isolated group that has undergone a spectacular burst of adaptations to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. As with other volumes in the series, the work is divided into two main sections. Part 1 is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history, whilst Part 2 comprises accounts of each species.
£90.00 [ref: 71558]

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Dowsett, R.J. The Birds of Ghana. An atlas and handbook.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tauraco Press. 2014 pp.713 with colour photos., dist.maps. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback.
An introductory section includes reviews of the major bird habitats, as well as the history of ornithological exploration in Ghana. The main part of the book describes the 750 species recorded in the country. Clear maps display the distribution of each species (except rarer vagrants) by half-degree squares.
£30.00 [ref: 56773]

Driver, P.M. In Search of the Eider.
1st. Ed. Pub. Saturn Press. 1974 pp.172 with b/w. photos., illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw.
An account of the author’s experiences during two expeditions to the remote Canadian Arctic and his unique study of wild eider, their behaviour and life cycle.
£12.00 [ref: 56202]

Driver, P.M. In Search of the Eider.
1st. Pub. Saturn Press. 1974 pp.172 with many illus.Nr. fine in dw.
A record of the author’s work on this bird in the Canadian Arctic.
£10.00 [ref: 30798]

Dubs, B. Birds of Southwestern Brazil. Catalogue and Guide to the Birds of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and its Border Areas.
Pub. Betrona. 1992 pp.164 with 58 colour plates and some figs. A vg. plus copy in sl. grubby dw.
£30.00 [ref: 39374]

Dudley, S. et al. Rare Birds. Day by Day.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1996 pp.392 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. In print at £59.99
A compilation of rare bird records by the day on which they occurred, covering the years 1958 to 1994, with the aim of helping to predict when rarities may turn up. Each record is listed in county order with finding site, number of birds and length of stay.
£9.00 [ref: 56848]