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Pictorial Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 2003. xiv, 271pp. Colour frontispiece. B&W illustrations and maps. "East Africa, comprising Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, is one of the richest areas of the African continent as far as birds are concerned. The 1293 species so far recorded represent some 15 percent of the present number of birds in the world. Many are migrants from other continents. The majority of these migratory birds breed in Europe and Asia, visiting East Africa every year. . This book, with its precise, detailed, condensed and carefully compiled information, will be great assistance and value to all ornithologically interested people of the world, and especially to those who are living in East Africa or visiting the region." Book covers show signs of shelfwear to the spine ends, edges and corners. Cup stain to front cover. Otherwise, pages and binding in excellent condition, no inscriptions. Rena Fennessy (illustrator).…

Pictorial boards. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Small quarto, pp (6), 458, edges foxed, a slight suggestion of gentle waving to the pages, pictorial boards showing only very slight signs of wear. [Presents the scientific results of an expedition, promoted by the British Ornithologists' Union, to study the endangered birds of the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. This group of islands is of unique importance to bird conservation and is perhaps best known as the last home of the famous dodo. Thirty endemic species of birds are already extinct and the populations of several others are now so small as to be of doubtful validity. The data presented here will enable the appropriate government departments and conservation bodies to proceed on the basis of a sound knowledge of the needs of the threatened birds, and it is hoped that the survival of at least a proportion of the unique wildlife of this island group can be ensured. Studies of Mascarene Island Birds will also provide the keen amateur ornithologist with a serious interest in conservation with a direct appreciation of field work aimed at protecting rate species in their natural habitat.]. …

Quarto,458 pp.,text illustrations, fine copy in laminated boards.