Bratby, Michael. and Scott, Peter. Through the Air. Avdentures with Wild Fowl, and Small-boat Sailing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1941 pp.127 with b/w. photos. & illus. Large 8vo. Neat ownership signature dated 1942 to ffep. Spotting to fore-edge of text block, to ends and to blank margins o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards showing some sunning, o/w. thor. vg. in thor. vg. dw. Signed by Sir Peter Scott to title-page (dated 1980). Furthermore, an original b/w. photograph (8in x 6in) of Sir Peter Scott kneeling with three Hawaiian Geese is loosely inserted.
A collection of what were originally broadcast talks on the radio, here augmented with black and white photographs and some of Peter Scott’s sketches - he took part in some of the broadcasts. Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was fundamental in bringing the Hawaiian Goose back from the brink of extinction through the breeding program at WWT Slimbridge. From there, the Hawaiian Goose was later reintroduced into the wild in Hawaii.
£60.00 [ref: 69939]

Brenchley, A. et al. (Eds.). The Breeding Birds of North Wales. Adar Nythu Gogledd Cymru.
1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool Univ. Press. 2013 pp.xvi, 448 with colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print.
An excellent production. With fully bilingual introductory chapters and a Welsh language précis alongside each English language species account.
£47.50 [ref: 65089]

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Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Hardback. With publisher’s Errata slip. Small owner’s label to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
No.27 in Langford Press’s Wildlife in Art series. Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds.
£15.00 [ref: 63641]

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Brown, C.R. & Bomberger Brown, M. Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow. The Effect of Group Size on Social Behaviour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chicago. 1996 pp.xiii, 566 with b/w. photos., figs., and tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A nr. fine softback. RRP £47.50.
The result of a twelve-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, investigating the social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality.
£30.00 [ref: 56774]

Brown, L. Birds of Prey. Their Biology and Ecology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1976 pp.256 with col. photos. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. VG. plus hardback in vg. dw.
A readable but authoritative, unique survey of the world’s diurnal raptors.
£4.00 [ref: 44430]

Brown, L. Birds of Prey. Their Biology and Ecology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1976 pp. 256 with colour & b/w. plates. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
A unique survey of the world’s diurnal raptors.
£3.00 [ref: 33068]

Buchanan, Robert. The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon, the Naturalist. Edited, from materials collected by his widow.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, London. 1868 pp.vii, 366, [1] with portrait frontispiece plus 24-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of the text block and a minor amount internally o/w. contents very clean and in fine condition. Original green cloth boards, with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, just lightly rubbed to extremities o/w. in fine condition.
A charmingly written, detailed, biography of the American ornithologist, naturalist and painter John James Audubon. With a frontispiece illustration of Audbon, as well as an illustrated title page with a vignette self-portrait by Audubon.
£225.00 [ref: 47767]

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Buller, W.L. Buller’s Birds of New Zealand. Edited & brought up to date by E.G. Turbott.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Print. Pub. Whitcomb & Tombs. 1967 pp xviii, 261, with 48 tipped in colour lithographs. Small folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A new edition of Walter Lawry Buller’s ‘A History of the Birds of New Zealand’, reproducing the 48 lithographs by J.G. Keulemans, from the second edition of 1888.
£45.00 [ref: 67024]

Burfield, I. & van Bommel, F. (Comps.). Birds in Europe. Population estimates, trends and conservation status.
1st. Ed. Pub. BirdLife International. 2004 pp.xxiv, 374 with b/w. illus.and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback.
Full population data is included on all 526 species regularly occurring in Europe. Half a page is devoted to each species, including an illustration, distribution map, population and trends data, status information, and a concise summary of its status across Europe.
£25.00 [ref: 64761]

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Burger, J. & Gochfeld, M. The Common Tern. Its Breeding Biology and Social Behaviour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Columbia Uni. Press. 1991 pp.xvii, 413 with b/w. photos., figs., tables and maps. 8vo. Bookplate. Faint dust marks to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £97.99.
The first study to examine the breeding and social behaviour of more than forty colonies for over fifteen years. In addition to focusing on behavioural and ecological dynamics, the authors examine the evolution and adaptive significance of coloniality.
£40.00 [ref: 56498]