Bland, B. The Profit of Birding.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2012 pp.352 with colour photos. and b/w. drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Author Bryan Bland has led thousands of birding tours to more than 70 countries. On one such trip a bemused waiter once posed the question: "Where is the profit in birding?" Bryan is famed as one of birding's greatest story-tellers, and he uses his book to answer this question emphatically. In short, there's more to birding than just birds. Birders and non-birders alike will enjoy the humorous anecdotal narrative, while the lively text is accompanied by many of the author's photographs and exquisite line-drawings.
£5.00 [ref: 64371]

Bland, D. Practical Poultry Keeping.
Pub. Crowood Press. 1996 pp.159 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A vg. copy in illus. boards.
£8.00 [ref: 44407]

Bluett, Andrew. A History of the Marsh Warbler. With particular reference to Gloucestershire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Andrew Bluett / Plover’s Rise. 2021 pp.[vi], viii, 360 with col. and b/w. photographs and illus. Small 4to. New hardback in new dw. Numbered copy from the Limited Edition of 125 copies. Signed by Andrew Bluett.
A super work. ‘Records details of the breeding biology, distribution, probable numbers, migration, former national and current international status, but most importantly, it provides a detailed history of the birds and the interaction with them by man over a 100- year period in Gloucestershire from the first discovery and recording to the final breeding attempt in 1985 based on infomation drawn from various sources including journals & diaries, museum collections, nest records and elsewhere.’.
£275.00 [ref: 67891]

Bochenski, Z. Nesting of the European Members of the Genus Turdus, Linnaeus 1758 (Aves). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia Vol. XIII, No. 16.
Pub. Polish Academy of Sciences. 1968 pp.350-440 with illus. and 14 b/w. photos., illus., and fold-out table. Small 4to. Hardback. Small address label. Contents fine. Text in English with summaries in Polish and Russian. Professionally bound in orange cloth boards in fine condition. Scarce.
£120.00 [ref: 62931]

Bodsworth, Fred. Last of the Curlews.
1st. Ed. Pub. Counterpoint. 1995 pp.xiii, 174 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine softback.
Originally published in 1955, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo Curlew’s perilous migration and search for a mate.
£12.00 [ref: 52521]

Boles, W.E. The Robins & Flycatchers of Australia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Angus and Robertson. 1988 pp.xix, 508 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
‘Informative narratives introduce each species group, while synopses present a summary of detail on habitat, breeding and world distribution. Colour photographs portray each species - their nest, eggs, young, appearance at rest and in flight, and various plumages.’
£24.00 [ref: 36561]

Booth, J. & Morris, R. Birds. Their scientific names explained. Vols. 1 & 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. Booth. 1991 Two vol. set. 8vo. Some bird names neatly underlined and some neatly corrected (where there is a typo). Fine softbacks. Out of print. Scarce.
Each volume contains around 240 entries and both volumes provide a complete list of all birds in “The Birds of the Western Palearctic”.
£25.00 [ref: 64330]

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Bourquin, Ortwin. Biology of the Quail. (Coturnix Coturnix, Linnaeus 1758).
1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. 1980 pp.xvi, 296 with b/w. figs. 4to. Hardback. Author’s dedication to ffep. Fine hardback.
The author’s thesis on the biology of the Common Quail, submitted to the University of Natal, in support of his requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
£30.00 [ref: 67270]

Bowman, G. et al. Birds in Northumbria.
Pub. N & TBC. 1997 pp.144 with figs. and illus. throughout. A fine copy in card covers.
£3.00 [ref: 40946]

Bowman, Robert I. Morphological Differentiation and Adaptation in the Galapagos Finches. Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of California Press. 1961 pp.vii, 326 with b/w. photos., illus. and figs. 4to. Softback. Light coloured spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Softback covers nr. fine.
A detailed study of the structural variations of the Galapagos finches to explain the adaptive significance of these variations to food and feeding behaviours. It also provides an inventory of facts on the anatomy, foraging behaviour and environment of the finches.
£30.00 [ref: 59270]