Chantler, P. and Driessens, G. Swifts. A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 1995 pp.237 with 24 colour plates and dist. maps. throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£18.00 [ref: 60107]

Chantler, P. and Driessens, G. Swifts. A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 1995 pp.237 with 24 colour plates and dist. maps. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 59750]

Chestney, Bob. Island of Terns. Warden of Scolt Head.
1st. Ed. Pub. Quiller Press. 1993 pp.x, 210 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Obituary of Bob Chestney neatly tipped in to rfep. Related article loosely enclosed. Out-of-print. Scarce.
Autobiography by the warden of this National Trust reserve in North Norfolk, famed for its breeding tern colonies. It is also a fascinating insight into the practice and problems of reserve management.
£60.00 [ref: 56499]

Chislett, R. & Ainsworth, G. H. Birds on the Spurn Peninsula.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1996 pp.xlv, 216, with colour frontis., b/w. plates, charts, tables and fold out map. 8vo. Hardback. Fine in fine dw. Scarce.
Published in part in 1958, the rest of the work was discovered in handwritten manuscript form in 1992, twenty eight years after Ralph Chislett's death. This is the first publication of the work as the author intended it. Part 1 is reproduced in facsimile form, and Part 2 is printed in a matching format.
£40.00 [ref: 54078]

Christian, G. Down the Long Wind.
1st. Ed. Pub. Newnes. 1961 pp.240 with b/w. photographs. A thor. vg. copy in lightly chipped dw.
£4.00 [ref: 46871]

Christian, Garth. Down the Long Wind. A Study of Bird Migration.
2nd. Imp. Ed. Pub. Newnes. 1962 pp.240 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. hdbk. in good dw.
This book has been written primarily for the general reader of all ages who, year by year, watches with excitement the great flocks of wild birds flying with purpose out of the cloudy distance down the long wind.
£6.00 [ref: 50573]

Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. CSIRO. 2008 pp.viii, 277. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback. Out-of-print.
Presenting an up-to-date classification, this book deals with all the species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. Also includes accepted vagrants, recently extinct native species, and established introduced species.
£55.00 [ref: 58262]

Clancey, P.A. A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mocambique.
Pub. Marques. 1971 pp.146-302. 1-167. 2 Parts bound in one. With colour plates and other figs. A vg. copy in card covers which are lightly marked.
£50.00 [ref: 41247]

Clancey, P.A. Gamebirds of Southern Africa. Being a Guide to all the Major Sporting Birds of Africa south of the Cunene, Okavango and Zambezi Rivers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Purnell & Sons, Cape Town. 1967 pp.xviii, 224 with 12 colour plates, b/w. illus and maps. Small 4to. Small address label. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 59141]

Clancey, P.A. The Rare Birds of Southern Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Winchester Press. 1985 pp.512 with colour plates and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A showcase of the 94 rarest birds to be found in Southern Africa, superbly illustrated in full colour by Dr P.A. Clancey.
£50.00 [ref: 59291]