ISBN: 9780195620634 - compact handbook of the birds of india and pakistan: together with those of bangladesh, nepal, bhutan, and sri lanka (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Book - good , dust jacket - good ((lower corners of book & dust jacket a little damaged; light fade to dj spine). 104 plates. HEAVY (2.68 kg) - extra postage will be required. Dick, John Henry (illustrator).

second edition).Folio,738 pp.,104 colour plates, showing all the species, by John Henry Dick, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published in ten volumes (1968 to 1975) by Oxford University Press.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> There are estimated to be about 8600 species of hirds living in the world today, arranged under 20 Natural Orders. Of these, some 1200 species in 20 Orders and numerous Families are known to occur in the Indian subcontinent. The Handbook describes the 1200 species: detailed feather-by-feather descriptions are not attempted, and the work confines itself to recording concisely the distribution, habits, breeding bre biology, diet, voice, etc. of the birds in the area. With the help of over 100 plates that feature in the Handbook, and the systematic keys in the text, the bird-watcher and the scientific ornithologist should be able to identify most of the birds they see and all those that they handle. Maps show the distribution of many migratory and spatially restricted forms and a number of line drawings illustrate diagnostic features such as bills and feet. The Handbook has been hailed as a monumental work and is likely to remain an indispensable, standard publication for all serious students of ornithology. First pub.…

Zustand: Very Good.