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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela. de Schauensee, R. M. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. 1978 pp.xxii, 424 with col. & b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Softback. VG.
An in depth guide for both the amateur visitor to Venezuela and the more serious scholar.

£4.95 [ref: 40458]

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A Guide to The Birds of South America. De Schauensee, R.M. A Guide to The Birds of South America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Livingston Publishing Co. 1970 pp.xiv, 470 with 50 colour and b/w. plates. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 61293]

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The Species of Birds of South America and Their Distribution. De Schauensee, R.M. The Species of Birds of South America and Their Distribution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1966 pp.xvii, 577 with 4-page ‘Addenda and Corrigenda’ and the 1-page ‘Second Addenda and Corrigenda’ loosely inserted. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine plain brown paper dw. Copies with addenda and corrigenda are scarce.
£30.00 [ref: 61292]

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Diggles, Silvester. The Ornithology of Australia. Vol. 3. (Parts 15 to 21).
Facs. Ed. Pub. State Publishing Ltd. Ed. 1992 pp.[142] with fine col. plates throughout. Folio. Hardback. Contents fine. Bound in half grey leather and cloth with silver gilt lettering, just lightly marked and sunned, o/w. in fine condition. Copy No. 436 from the Limited edition of 500 copies.
The original work was published between 1866 and 1870 in twenty-one parts in a limited edition of an uncertain number. The original plates were executed by Diggles. His niece, Rowena Birkett, was the artist who hand-coloured each plate. This facsimile limited edition reproduces the original accurately. This volume contains the plates from parts 15-21 from the original. This alike with the original has become scarce.

£70.00 [ref: 35229]

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The Birds of Ghana. 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]

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The Birds of Nigeria. Elgood, J.H. The Birds of Nigeria. An annotated check-list.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists Union. 1981 pp.246 with tables & figs. 8vo. Fine softback.
B.O.U. Check-List No.4, covering over 800 species.

£7.00 [ref: 42133]

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Birdlife in Oman. Eriksen, H. & Eriksen, J. Birdlife in Oman.
1st. Ed. Pub. Al Roya Publishing. 1999 pp.iv, 99 with colour photos., throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by authors to title page. Out-of-print.
Provides an informative text covering all 9 regions of Oman, describing and illustrating with over 150 stunning colour photographs the most interesting and spectacular birds characteristic of each area.

£25.00 [ref: 58471]

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The Birds of North Africa. Etchecopar, R.D. & Hue, F. The Birds of North Africa. from the Canary Islands to the Red Sea.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1967 pp.xx, 612 with 24 col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in good dw.
This is the ideal guide for the ornithological traveller in North Africa.

£9.50 [ref: 36371]

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Some Game Birds of West Africa. Fairbairn, W.A. Some Game Birds of West Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1952 pp.xii, 92 with 9 col. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback in good dw.
A field guide to fifty game birds which are either indigenous to West Africa or regular migrants.

£7.00 [ref: 69790]

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Birds of Iberia. Finlayson, C. & Tomlinson, D. Birds of Iberia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Mirador. 1993 pp.220 with many fine colour photos. Crown 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine and front cover.
Provides a general introduction to the birds of the Iberian Peninsula, with descriptions and illustrations of 150 key species.

£20.00 [ref: 54764]

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