A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand and Outlying Islands. A Complete Guide to the Native and Introduced Species of New Zealand and Outlying Islands

Hardback. A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Wear to edges of D/J. This is the most modern field guide to the birds of this area. They are an absorbing group, including several of the rarest and most interesting birds in the world, and a great wealth of coastal species. This guide is comprehensive. It covers all the birds of the New Zealand mainland and of the many islands around, from the Kermadec Islands in the north to Macquarie in the south - over 200 species. The book is designed to allow anyone to identify the birds he sees. The text follows the famous Peterson system: there is a full description of each species - its length, plumage and appearance. Then follows information on its voice, habitat, range and nesting habits. All the plates and line-drawings were done specially for this book by Chloe Talbot Kelly of the British Museum in London. One of the fienst bird artists in the world today. Miss Talbot Kelly has lived in new Zealand and studied at first hand the species she has drawn and painted so accurately and beautifully. With 18 plates and 63 line-drawings. 254 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…