The second volume in this series continues the high standards set by the first. The three editors have followed the vision of the late Leslie Brown and organized a team of internationally known experts to help them produce an up-to-date and comprehensive work. This volume covers all birds found in Africa, from gamebirds to pigeons. In order to do justice to the ever increasing volume of publications on African birds and the wealth of material collated by the contributors, and to fulfil the aim of illustrating all main ...
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The second volume in this series continues the high standards set by the first. The three editors have followed the vision of the late Leslie Brown and organized a team of internationally known experts to help them produce an up-to-date and comprehensive work. This volume covers all birds found in Africa, from gamebirds to pigeons. In order to do justice to the ever increasing volume of publications on African birds and the wealth of material collated by the contributors, and to fulfil the aim of illustrating all main plumages of every species, the series has been expanded to six volumes, the first three to cover the non-passerines and the last three the passerines. As in Volume I, all species of birds found in Africa are covered, including migrants and vagrants. Resident birds are treated in full detail, with sections on their range and status, description, field characters, voice, general behaviour, food and breeding biology. Visitors are also given extensive coverage, with emphasis on their status and behaviour within Africa. These volumes are being acclaimed as the authority on the avifauna of Africa; they will remain as such for many years to come. The quality of the text and the beauty of the plates will assure them pride of place on the shelves of ornithologists and bird-watchers everywhere. Indeed, anyone with an interest in natural history or ecology will find here a source of much interest and enjoyment.
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Add this copy of The Birds of Africa, Volume 2 to cart. $56.95, very good condition, Sold by Broad Street Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Branchville, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Academic Press.
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Very Good. Size: 9x2x12; Signed and inscribed by author Stuart Keith and Emil K. Urban on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a tiny closed tear on edge. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.
Add this copy of The Birds of Africa, Volume 2 to cart. $50.50, very good condition, Sold by Daedalus Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Academic Press.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0121373029. Volume 2 only. Some sunning to jacket spine. A nice, solid copy.; B & W and Color Illustrations; 4to; 552 pages.
Add this copy of The Birds of Africa. Volume II (2): Gamebirds to to cart. $55.80, very good condition, Sold by Buteo Books California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Academic Press.
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Woodcock, Martin. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Near fine hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket spine faded, small stain to bottom edge. The second volume in this series continues the high standards set by the first. Inscribed by Keith to previous owners on title page. This volume includes: Phasianidae, Guineafowl, Congo Peacock, Quail, Partridges and Francolins, Button-quail, Rails, Flufftails, Crakes, Gallinules, Moorhens and Coots, Cranes, Finfoots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted-snipes, Crab Plover, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets, Thick-knees, Stone curlews and Dikkops, Egyptian Plover, Coursers, Pratincoles, Plovers, Lapwings, Sandpipers and Snipe, Phalaropes, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Auks, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves.
Add this copy of The Birds of Africa, Volume 2 to cart. $177.93, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Academic Press.
