Pirates and Predators The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds

The first edition of this ornithological study about the behaviour of birds in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Pirates and Predators The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.Densely illustrated with eighteen colour plates and twenty monochrome plates. Collated, complete.An interesting and unique ornithological study of the behaviour of birds as predators, hunters and killers, and on the ways in which they make use of the other animals in their surroundings.Richard Meinertzhagen was a British soldier and ornithologist. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. There is some light wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight fading to the cloth on the front board. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine.…