Field Guide to Australian Birds Non-Passerines by Peter Slater

Field Guide to Australian Birds

Non-Passerines

by Peter Slater

Rigby, 1970, [First Edition], ISBN 0851791026, colour and black and white illustrated plates, black and white illustrative line drawings, illustrated endpapers (maps), hardcover, dustjacket

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ gift inscription on front flyleaf, age toned edges, blue ink marks to front and back endpapers, endpaper split at back, hinge still in-tact, marking and staining to some pages, contact covered dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, chipping, creasing, small parts missing and discolouration (see photographs)

“The only book designed to enable the observer, whether a beginner or a serious student, to identify every non-passerine bird in Australia
The only book with 396 maps to show the known ranges of Australian birds.
43 plates in full colour and 21 in black and white, all from paintings by Peter Slater, show many plumages, forms, and phases never illustrated before.
Covers seabirds, grebes, pelicans and cormorants, herons, ducks, birds of prey, quail, mound builders, cranes, rails, wading birds, pigeons and doves, parrots, cuckoos, owls, nightjars and frogmouths, kingfishers, swifts, and swallows.”

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