Maclean, Gordon Lindsay Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa , London: New Holland Publishers (UK) Limited, 1985.

Illustrated by Numerous Colour Plates & Maps. Third Impression, Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Lge 8vo 1853680370 Birds, Field Guides. Third Impression, Fifth Edition. Dust jacket complete. Maroon cloth with bright gilt titling. No ownership inscription. Numerous colour plates and maps. lii, 848p clean and tight. This completely rewritten 5th Edition of Roberts' Birds . of Southern Africa brings the text fully up to date to the end of April 1984. Illustrating 891 species of birds in full colour, it incorporates a vast amount of new information as well as a number of special new features: (a) two colour plates of species new to the southern African list; (b) many completely new plates by Geoff Lockwood and Kenneth , Newman, painted especially for this edition; (c). extended and updated text sections on identification; (d)' several dichotomous keys and other aids to bird identification for beginners; (e) new enlarged distribution maps in colour, showing at a glance whether a bird is resident (green), breeding migrant (blue) or nonbreeding migrant (yellow); (f) sonagrams of most vocalizations to aid interpretation of birdcalls, all fully explained in the Introduction; (g)orevised and corrected bird names in English, Afrikaans and eight African languages; (h) rainfall and vegetation maps in colour; (i) abbreviated text references to important works published on particular species or families of birds. The text is the result of years of research and writing by Professor Gordon 'Maclean and will remain the definitive handbook of southern African birds for years to come. (Book ref. 125174)  £20.00

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