This is an account of all the species of parrots and pigeons found in Australia. The text is designed for the general reader with no prior knowledge of the birds that are dealt with. Each entry provides a summary of what is known about the basic biology of the species, its habitat and distribution. Each species is illustrated and each photograph is chosen for its technical, scientific and aesthetic qualities.
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This is an account of all the species of parrots and pigeons found in Australia. The text is designed for the general reader with no prior knowledge of the birds that are dealt with. Each entry provides a summary of what is known about the basic biology of the species, its habitat and distribution. Each species is illustrated and each photograph is chosen for its technical, scientific and aesthetic qualities.
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Seller's Description:
F in F jacket. F/F. Folio. original charcoal boards in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. x, 318, with illustrations. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy. Volume Seven in the Birds of Australia series.
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Very Good Minus in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket has a couple of scratches to the front, otherwise is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Clean boards with a few minor handling-marks; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Black dust jacket with photo of a parrot, and title in white lettering; 1992, Angus & Robertson Publishing; 318 pages; "Parrots & Pigeons of Australia (National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife), " by Francis Crome.