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Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st. Comprehensive account of the birds of these Islands with colour plates. 480pp. VG copy in edge worn dw. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Year 1971. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The archipelago of the Philippines is a zoological crossroads of the southwest Pacific. Ever since its emergence from the Tethys Sea in the early Tertiary Period, its thousands of islands have been stepping stones for the invasions of land animals from Asia and Malaysia. The distribu-tions of the birds have waxed and waned across the thousands of islands. very often forming isolated subspecies. The Philippines have been an interesting stage for the evolution of birds-one with a complex history. The boundaries of the Philippine subregion are indistinct because of the impingement of neighboring faunas, such as the predominant Malaysian influence in Palawan and the Bornean affinities in the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao. Zoogeographical accounts have previously been published in earlier books listed in our bibliography. Twenty-five years have passed since the appearance of Delacour and Mayr's excellent Birds of the Philippines. Since that time an increase in field explorations and nomenclatorial changes h.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Removable protective cover fitted. Year 1971. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The archipelago of the Philippines is a zoological crossroads of the southwest Pacific. Ever since its emergence from the Tethys Sea in the carly Tertiary Period, its thousands of islands have been stepping stones for the invasions of land animals from Asia and Malaysia. The distribu-tions of the birds have waxed and waned across the thousands of islands, very often forming isolated subspecies. The Philippines have been an interesting stage for the evolution of birds-one with a complex history. The boundaries of the Philippine subregion are indistinct because of the impingement of neighboring faunas, such as the predominant Malaysian influence in Palawan and the Bornean affinities in the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao, Zoogeographical accounts have previously been published in earlier books listed in our bibliography. Twenty-five years have passed since the appearance of Delacour and Mayr's excellent Birds of the Philippines. Since that time an increase in field explora.

Greenvill, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1970. XV, 375 S., davon 79 Farbtaf. Mit s/w Ktn. im Text. (= Delaware Museum of Natural History, monograph series,1). 31,5 cm. OLn. Volutidae (Walzenschnecken), artenreiche Familie mariner Schnecken (bis 50 cm). - Enthält u.a.: Systematic arrangement of subfamilies and recent genera in Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 / Family Volutidae Rafineque, 1815 / Subfamily Volutinae Rafinesque, 1815 / Subfamily Athletinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Lyriinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Fulgorarinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Cymbiinae H. and A. Adams, 1853 / Subfamily Zidoninae H. and A. Adams, 1853 / Subfamily Odontocymbiolinae Clench and Turner, 1964 / Subfamily Scaphellinae H. and A. Adams, 1858 / Subfamily Calliotectinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954. - Rückendeckel mit einem Kratzer, sonst gut und sauber.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. George Sandstrom and J R Pierce (illustrator). Original cloth and dustwrapper, 480pp, illustrated with 85 full page plates in colour. There will be additional postage due to weight [2.3kg approx].

Ejemplar sin subrayados ni anotaciones manuscritas. Ejemplar limpio. X-480 páginas. Textos en inglés. Ilustrado con 85 láminas con aves. Encuadernado en tela editorial con letras doradas en plano y lomo, con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Muy buen estado. 27,5x19,5 cm.

Quarto,480 pp.,85 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper.

480 S. mit zahlreichen farb. Illustrationen von George Sandström auf 85 Tafeln, Ln. mit Goldprägung und OU., englischer Text, EA., 4° OU. mit Randläsuren, sonst guter Zustand Ornitologie, Vögel der Philippinen. Bücher.

Delaware 1971, 480 pp., plates v95.