Williams, J G and Arlott, N: Illustrated by Williams, J G and Mrs R Fennessy: A Field Guide to the Birds of East and Central Africa , 1972Hardback, fifth impression, very good condition, in a good ** unclipped (£2.25) dust-jacket (mylar protected but protection has caused a crease to front ), publisher's original red clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 288 pages including index, 16 colour plates and 24 Black-and-white plates by the author and Rena Fennessy. Introduced by Roger Tory Peterson.---------- This is the first field guide to the birds of Africa from Rhodesia to the red sea Over 450 species are described and illustrated; all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find, and also those of the rarer species that are most conspicuous in appearance flight, or voice. Notes on field identification, with their distribution for the entire African continent, are given on a further 324 allied speciesThe text gives details of plumage, size, voice, flight habitat and distributionThe plates and Rena Fennessy, illustrate every species described in the text -179 in colour, 280 in black and white using the famous Peterson identification system. In this book you will find the birds of Kenya ,Eritrea ,Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Rhodesia, Portuguese east Africa, Zanzibar and pemba is, Somalia, Uganda (Book ref. 1177 ) £ 15.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, The Old Print House , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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