Beehler, B.M. Upland Birds of Northeastern New Guinea.
Pub. WAU. 1978 pp.ix,156 with 10 colour and b/w. plates and several figs. 8vo. A fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 42317]

Beehler, Bruce M. et al. Birds of New Guinea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton. 1986 pp.xiii, 293 with colour illus. 8vo. A vg. softback.
£30.00 [ref: 51519]

Berger, A.J. Hawaiian Birdlife.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Hawaii. 1983 pp.xv, 260 with 67 col. plates and photos. & 137 b/w. photos. Small 4to. Top corners gently bumped, very minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
The definitive work on Hawaiian birds since the publication of the first edition in 1972. The colour plates and photographs illustrate birds with the black and white photographs illustrating, in the main, nests and eggs.
£12.50 [ref: 39429]

Bishop, L.B. Birds of the Yukon Region. With Notes on Other Species.
Pub. U.S. Department Agriculture. 1900 pp.48-100. 8vo. Softback. Neat ownership stamps. Contents fine. Original covers nr. fine. Scarce.
£25.00 [ref: 46759]

Bradley, P.E. The Birds of The Cayman Islands. An annotated Checklist. BOU Checklist Series: 19.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists’ Union. 2000 pp.xvi, 253 with colour photos., and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
Presents an analysis of the breeding and migrant birds of the three islands since 1886. Status, distribution and habitats are described for all 222 species, with accompanying breeding data for 49 species.
£12.00 [ref: 68060]

Bregulla, H.L. Birds of Vanuatu.
1st. Ed. Pub. Anthony Nelson. 1992 pp.294 with 24 colour plates plus b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
The first guide to the avifauna of this group of volcanic Melanesian islands (formerly called the New Hebrides). The islands are important as a faunal crossroads where three streams of colonisation of Southwest Pacific birds meet, and this guide illustrates the 121 species known to have occurred here.
£20.00 [ref: 60323]

Brown, L.H. & Britton, P.L. The Breeding Seasons of East African Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. East African Nat. Hist. Soc. 1980 pp.vi, 164 with maps & graphs. Small 4to. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and very minor spotting to endpapers o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards nr. fine.
All that is known, to date, of the breeding seasons of East African birds.
£12.00 [ref: 70270]

Brown, L.H. (et al). The Birds of Africa. Vol. I. Ostriches and Birds of Prey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1982 pp.xiii, 521 with col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine. dw., showing some sunning.
The Birds of Africa, Volume 1: Ostriches and Birds of Prey is the first of a set of eight which cover the entire avifauna of Africa, one of the most varied and interesting in the world. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this is the first comprehensive guide to the bird life of the continent as a whole, including North Africa.
£25.00 [ref: 36719]

Brown, L.H. (et al). The Birds of Africa. Volume 1.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Print. Pub. Academic Press. 1983 pp.xiii, 521 with full-page colour plates, dist. maps and other text figs. 4to. Slight bump to upper corner of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
Vol. I. of what is surely the standard work on African birds.
£75.00 [ref: 63663]

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Brown, L.H. et al. The Birds of Africa. Vol. I. Ostriches and Birds of Prey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1982 pp.xiii, 521 with with col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 4to. Date neatly written to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with some sunning to spine.
The Birds of Africa, Volume 1: Ostriches and Birds of Prey is the first of a set of eight which cover the entire avifauna of Africa, one of the most varied and interesting in the world. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this is the first comprehensive guide to the bird life of the continent as a whole, including North Africa.
£22.00 [ref: 42048]