Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae

Ripley, Sidney Dillon;Olson, Storrs L.;Lansdowne, J. Fenwick

ISBN 10: 091988007X / ISBN 13: 9780919880078

Published by M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977

About this Item

Large hardback in fine condition with fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 11029

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
• Publisher: M. F. Feheley Publishers
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 091988007X
• ISBN 13: 9780919880078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

Book by Ripley, Sidney Dillon

Review

Dillon Ripley, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, a scholar who knows the world's more esoteric birds perhaps as well as anyone, and Fenwick Lansdowne, one of our finest bird portraitists, have combined their talents to produce a work which will be coveted not only by serious ornithologists but also by every collector of fine natural history books. --Roger Tory Peterson

The Rails of the World fills up a very important gap, and it does it unusually well. The text and the illustrations are both of the highest quality, and it is also easy to read and to consult. The rails, of course, constitute one of the most interesting, attractive and widely distributed group of birds. --Jean Delacour