STARLINGS AND MYNAS. (Helm Identification Guides.)

FEARE, Chris, and Adrian CRAIG.

ISBN 10: 071363961X / ISBN 13: 9780713639612

Published by London: Christopher Helm / A & C Black, 1998

About this Item

Nicely done up by the publisher in violet cloth with spine lettering gilt, quarto, pp. 285. Illustrated.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: STARLINGS AND MYNAS. (Helm Identification Guides.)
• Publisher: London: Christopher Helm / A & C Black
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071363961X
• ISBN 13: 9780713639612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Birds

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Synopsis

A comprehensive illustrated guide to the Old World family of birds in the HELM IDENTIFICATION series. The Indo-Malayan and Afro-tropical varieties are covered, along with the New World immigrants, and the text together with drawings, maps and photographs show aspects of bird behaviour, distribution and natural history.

About the Author

Chris Feare has studied birds and their interactions with man for thirty years, and began research on starlings in 1974. He has traveled widely in search of starlings and to study bird pest problems, and currently runs his own consultancy. He is a Visiting Professor at Leeds University. The seed of this book was sown during the writing of his 1984 monograph, The Starling, and the project gained momentum when he and Adrian Craig met by chance while examining starlings in the Natural History Museum at Tring, Hertfordshire. Adrian Craig started research on African starlings at Rhodes University (South Africa) in 1980. Bishopbirds were the subject of his MSc and PhD theses at, respectively, the University of Cape Town and the University of Natal. He is currently Associate Professor in Zoology at Rhodes University. He has also served on the council of BirdLife South Africa, and edited its journal, Ostrich, for twelve years.