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, B.M. et al. Birds of New Guinea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 1986 pp.xiii, 293 with 47 colour and 8 b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. / nr. fine dw.
Covers all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region. The text contains species accounts treating identification, distribution, ecology, vocalizations, and behavior.
£25.00 [ref: 60178]
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]
Beletsky, L. Collins Birds of the World.
Pub. Collins. 2006 pp.xi, 513 with colour plates and other figs. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal the form, posture, and plumage of every single bird family found in the world.
£32.50 [ref: 64299]
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Bene, F. The Feeding and Related Behaviour of Hummingbirds.
Pub. Boston. c.1970 pp.403-478 with 11 plates at rear of text. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This is an intensive study based chiefly on the activities of hummingbirds which nested for several years in the author’s garden.
£45.00 [ref: 39542]
Bennun, L. and Njoroge, P. Important Bird Areas in Kenya.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nature Kenya/BirdLife. 1999 pp.iv, 318 with line drawings, maps and tables. Large 8vo. Fine softback. Out of print.
This book is an important contribution to identifying Kenya's biodiversity conservation priorities. It describes in detail 60 sites in Kenya that meet the criteria for Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - places of global significance for bird and biodiversity conservation. It will also be an essential source of information for birdwatchers wanting to locate Kenya's special birds.
£12.00 [ref: 64320]
Benson, C.W. Type Specimens of Bird Skins. in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists’ Club. 1999 pp.xiv., 221 with colour frontis., two further colour plates of illus. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Fine softback with hint of sunning to spine. Out-of-print.
£27.50 [ref: 65389]
Benson, Rev. Charles W. Our Irish Song Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1886 pp.xi, 190 with hand-col. frontis., and one further hand-col. plate. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Presentation copy, signed from the author to Dr. Stanley-Stoker, the eminent Irish medical writer, anatomist and surgeon (his bookplate to front-paste down). Contents in fine condition. Original, gilt decorated and lettered green cloth boards in very pleasing, nr. fine condition. A super copy.
A Sedge Warbler and a Redstart are illustrated in the fine hand-coloured plates.
£200.00 [ref: 56806]
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Bent, A. Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. Parts 1 and 2.
Rep. Pub. Dover. 1961 Two part set with b/w. photographs of birds, nests, nestlings and eggs. 8vo. Softbacks. Thor. vg. set.
A super work which focusses on the California Condor, Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Caracaras, Owls and the American Osprey.
£40.00 [ref: 60409]
Berg, Bengt. Birds of the North.
1st. Ed. Pub. P.A. Norstedt & Soner. 1925 pp.63 with 60 full-page fine b/w. photographic plates. Large 4to. Contents nr. fine. Original patterned and textured paper covered cloth boards with gilt motif to front in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
Bengt Berg was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photographs and films of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna photography is highly celebrated.
£80.00 [ref: 63653]
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