Uganda National Parks: Bird Check List as from July 1963.
Pub. Uganda Nat. Park. 1963 pp.25. A vg. copy in card covers. Scarce.
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125. Toms, M. Owls. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2014 A new softback copy. NEW PUBLICATION. Save £7.00. RRP £35.00.
The first part of this superb book covers various aspects of owl taxonomy, origins, anatomy, behaviour and ecology and looks across the British owl species, drawing comparisons and highlighting differences. The second part takes each species in turn to provide a more detailed perspective, fleshing out relevant conservation issues, behaviour and status.
£28.00 [ref: 46084]

Adams, A.B. John James Audubon.
Pub. Victor Gollancz. 1967 pp.510. 8vo. Hardback. Nr. fine in good to vg. dw.
A thorough insight into this great man of American ornithology.
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Ainley, D.G. The Adelie Penguin. Bellwether of Climate Change.
1st. Ed. Pub. Columbia Uni. Press. 2002 pp.xiv, 310 with b/w.photos., illus., maps, figs., and tables. 8vo. Bookplate. Minor knock to top edge, o/w. a fine hardback. Scarce. RRP £61.99.
Summarises the present ecological knowledge of this species, the factors important to its life history, and details of the mechanisms by which it is responding and attempting to adapt to climate change.
£35.00 [ref: 56494]

Alerstam, Thomas. Bird Migration.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge. 1994 pp.vii, 420 with b/w. text figs. Royal 8vo. A nr. fine softback, gently sunned along spine and edges.
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Alexander, W.B. An Annotated List of the Birds of Berkshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Ornithological Soc. 1952 pp.42. 8vo. Bookplate. Thor. vg. softback. Very scarce.
£48.00 [ref: 55908]

Alfadhel, A.F. Birds of Kuwait. A Portrait.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abdullah F. Alfadhel. 2005 pp.304 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Text in Arabic with English and Latin names and Indexes and with a chapter on Bird-Watching Sites in Kuwait in English. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Includes a complete list of all 380 recorded birds in Kuwait, and more than 400 superb photographs.
£40.00 [ref: 60153]

Ali, S. and Ripley, S.D. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Compact Edition.
Pub. O.U.P. 1983 pp.xlii, 737 with 113 colour plates at rear of text, illus. and distribution maps. A vg. copy in sl. bumped dw.
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Alstrom, P. & Mild, K. Pipits & Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America. Identification and systematics.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2003 pp.496 with 30 colour plates and colour photos. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Comprehensive identification guide to the twenty-seven species of pipits and wagtails in Europe, Asia and North America. The detailed text covers identification, description, geographical variation, voice and status. Also covered are habitat and behaviour, as well as distribution and movements.
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Alvarenga, H. Toucans of the Americas.
1st. Ed. Pub. M. Pontual. 2004 pp.120 with superb full-page colour illus. plates throughout. Large 4to. Bilingual in English and Portuguese. Fine hardback in illustrated boards. Out-of-print.
This large-format ornithologists’ guide introduces all 44 species of Toucans native to the Americas, with descriptive passages for each entry and detailed, scientifically-accurate illustrations by renowned nature artist Eduardo Brettas.
£75.00 [ref: 60318]