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]

Bené, F. The Feeding and Related Behavior of Hummingbirds. With special reference to the Black-chin (Archilochus alexandri).
Pub. Bruce Humphries. c.1970 pp.403-478 with b/w. plates, tables & figs. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
This is an intensive study based chiefly on the activities of hummingbirds which nested for several years in the author’s garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
£20.00 [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]

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]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Sittidae, Certhiidae, Chamaeidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1948 pp.xi, 473 with 89 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. to fine original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£10.00 [ref: 70057]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Turdidae and Silviidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1949 pp.viii, 453 with 51 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£9.00 [ref: 70056]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Prunellidae, Motacillidae, Bombycillidae, Ptilogonatidae, Laniidae, Sturnidae, and Vireonidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1950 pp.vii, 411 with 48 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. to fine original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£10.00 [ref: 70055]

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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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]