NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS. By F. Fraser Darling. New Naturalist No. 6.

Darling (Frank Moss Fraser). (1903-1979).

Published by Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1947

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 223mm). Ppxvi,303. Colour & b/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations, maps, extensive bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Spine ends slightly bumped, slight rubbing to front end-paper. End-papers and edges browned, else good-plus in slightly marked dust-wrapper. This is an excellent and authoritative account of the natural history of the Scottish Highlands and, chiefly, Western Isles. Chapters include: Geology and climate; Relief and scenery; Relief and scenery (continued); The human factor, and remarkable changes in populations of animals; The deer forest, grouse moor and sheep farm; The life history of the red deer; The pine forest, birch wood and oak wood; The summits of the hills; The shore, the sea loch and the shallow seas; The sub-oceanic island; The life history of the Atlantic grey seal; Fresh water sea-lochs and river systems; Conclusion. A revised and extended version was issued in 1964, still No. 6 in the series, with the same dust-wrapper, under the amended title of "The Highlands and Islands." The revision was carried out by John Morton Boyd. Scholarly, reliable and a great read, thoroughly in the tradition of this great series. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS. By F. Fraser Darling. New Naturalist No. 6.
• Publisher: Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition