Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory Report [1]-8 (1953-1960)

Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory 1953-1960 folding map, . . PB. 8 parts, 8vo, bound in a single volume, orig. cloth, light spotting to covers, with card wrappers retained. Bound with two short papers by C.A. Norris, \'The Birds of Bardsey Island in 1952\'</i> (1953) and \'Further Notes on the Birds of Bardsey Island\' (1954), and a 15-page pamphlet \'Bardsey Island and its Bird Observatory\' (1961), by Susan Cowdy. Vg.. Scarce. Annual reports from Bardsey Island bird obseratory, listing the birds recorded each year, together with contributions on other wildlife found on the island (located 1.9 miles off the Llyn Peninsula, North Wales). The observatory was founded in 1953, and these reports cover the first eight years..

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Book no.: S62943

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Keywords: Bardsey Island; Wales; Britain; Ornithology; Birds

Birds of the Sea Shore Illustrated

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge n.d. [1856?] title page + 12 leaves, 12 chromolithographic plates. . HB. 12mo (135x100mm), orig. blue cloth, blind-stamped border with decorative corners to both boards, gilt vignette and title to front board, all edges gilt. Gutta percha has perished and all leaves are loose.. Undated. British Library states 1858. Bibliographies give varying dates. Scarce. 12 chromolithographic plates each with an accompanying leaf of letterpress. Freeman 333 [1856]; Mullens & Swann p. 21 [1858]..

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Book no.: A58116

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Keywords: Birds; British; Dates; Decorative Binding; Library; P; Plates; Sea Shore

Birds on the Hill

Bushbury Hill Secondary Modern School 1953 [ii], 12, map. . PB. Stitched booklet, orig. cloth-covered, card wrappers, printed title label to front wrapper. Good.. A survey of bird life on and around Bushbury Hill, carried out by the boys of Bushbury Hill Secondary Modern School, Wolverhampton, throughout the year 1952. Duplicated typescript booklet. Scarce..

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Book no.: S56733

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Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; West Midlands; England; Britain

[Livingstone, George]

British Birds: Their Haunts and Habits

Printed for Private Distribution Only 1868 [iii], 282, title vignette. . HB. 8vo, finely bound in cont. full morocco, double-ruled, blind-stamped border to both boards, gt vignette to front board, raised bands to spine, aeg, gilt decorative roll to edges of boards and gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. A little light scuffing, rubbed to extremities, headcap chipped. Title page clipped, 2.5cm from top blank margin (to remove previous owner\'s name).. First edition. Privately published and rare. Provides an account of British species, arranged alphabetically by common name. \'The Compiler of the following work, having devoted a considerable portion of his leisure hours to the study of Ornithology, has collected a variety of facts relating to several interesting specimens of the feathered tribe, the publication of which he trusts may be useful and entertaining to those who, like himself, take pleasure in this branch of natural history. The present collection lays no claim to originality, but the information it contains is derived from a variety of sources not always perhaps accessible to the majority of readers ...\' - PrefaceFreeman 2298; Mullens & Swann p. 21..

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Book no.: A50548

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British Birds

Religious Tract Society 1846 viii, 216, 24 hand-col plates. . HB. 16mo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped decorative borders to both boards, dec. gilt design to spine and front panel, aeg; minor wear, partial fading ro rear cover. Foxing/browning to some plates. Vg.. Charming hand-coloured plates..

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Book no.: A50579

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British Birds: An Illustrated Magazine devoted chiefly to the Birds on the British List. Vol. 39-56, 78-82

Witherby 1946-1989 , . . HB. 23 volumes, mixed bindings. Vols 39-41 in card binders; Vols 42-56 in blue cloth; Vols. 78-82 in plastic binders. From the library of the naturalist Charles Bradwin Ashby (1920-1994).. .

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Book no.: P29487

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Keywords: Birds; Britain; Ornithology; Periodical

British Birds: An Illustrated Magazine devoted to the Birds on the British List. Vol. 47-58

Witherby 1954-1965 , b/w plates, b/w photos, text figs. . HB/PB. 12 vols, 8vo, Vols 47-55: orig. publisher\'s brown cloth; Vols 56-58: orig. part wrappers as issued (staples rusty). Lacking 58(8). Vg.. .

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Book no.: P42672

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Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Britain; Periodical

British Birds. Vol. 89-91

British Birds Ltd. 1996-1998 , b/w + col photos. . HB. 3 vols in monthly parts as issued, 8vo, orig. wrappers (light stain to one wrapper). Vg.. .

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Book no.: P42673

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[Sealy, Alfred Forbes]

A Classified List of the Names & Latin Synonyms of British Birds; Including the names of all species observed up to the present time in the British Isles

Printed for the Author by J. Webb 1853 29, . . HB. 8vo in 4s, cont. full calf, heavily worn/scuffed, loss to foot of spine; gilt title to front board; marbled endpapers and edges; front hinge broken.. \'Printed on one side only as so to be available for Lables for Collections.\' First edition. Scarce. Alfred Forbes Sealy (1831-1894) was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists\' Union. Scarce.Mullens & Swann p. 514 (incorrectly states 27 pp.).

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Book no.: S57299

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Keywords: Birds; Ornithology

Great Bird Illustrations Postcards in Full Colour

Natural History Museum / Dover Publications 1993 , . . PB. Orig. illustrated card covers (305x228mm). Vg.. Book of 24 postcards (printed 4 to a page, perforated between cards). With Introduction to the featured birds, and the publications they are taken from. The artwork is selected from the libraries of the Natural History Museum, London, including a Goldfinch by John Gould, Common Buzzard by Thomas Pennant, Scarlet Macaw by Edward Lear, and Horned Puffin by John James Audubon, etc.. [9780486275550]

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Book no.: S55712

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Guide to British Bird Tracks and Signs (Identification Chart)

Field Studies Council 2019 12, colour illus. . Chart. NEW. . Many birds are shy and easily disturbed. But just like mammals, birds leave clues when they have visited. From footprints and feathers to probe holes and peck marks, bird activity can be spotted in gardens, woodland, sandy beaches and muddy places.The front side of this guide features colour illustrations of the four main types of footprint. Learn to distinguish the tracks of starlings from sparrows, gulls from ducks, crows from buzzards, blackbirds from woodpigeons, and many more. Colour paintings on the reverse side include many other signs to spot, from rosehip pecked by finches, thistle heads opened by goldfinches, song thrush anvils and the marks left on hazelnuts and deadwood.. [9781908819505]

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Book no.: N39329

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Keywords: Birds; Britain; Tracks

Hampshire Bird Report 2005-2014

Hampshire Ornitholical Society 2007-2015 , col + b/w illus. . PB. 10 vols, orig. wrappers. Vg.. .

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Book no.: P51246

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Handbook and Guide to the British Birds on Exhibition in the Lord Derby Natural History Museum, Liverpool

J. Robertson & Co. 1920 xviii, 73, 12 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled, internally clean. Good.. Second revised edition. Preface by Joseph A. Clubb, Curator. Scarce guide to the cases of birds exhibited at the Liverpool Museum..

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Book no.: S55716

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Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Britain; Museum collection

The Hong Kong Bird Report 1979-1996

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society 1979-1996 , . . PB. Vg.. 15 annual reports (2 are double-year issues), lacking the Report for 1988..

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Book no.: P38456

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Keywords: Bird Watching; Hong Kong; China; Asia; Periodical

London Bird Report. No. [1]-57 (1936-1992)

LNHS 1936-1993 , illus. . HB/PB. 57 parts: Nos. 1-9 (1936-1944) in orig, wappers. Nos. 10-40 (1945-1975) bound in six vols; Nos. 41-57 (1976-1992) in orig. wrappers. Vg.. A scarce long run of this important bird report, detailing observations of birds within twenty miles of St. Paul\'s Cathedral. Formed a Supplement to <i>The London Naturalist</i>..

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Book no.: P14310

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Keywords: B8906; Birds; Ornithology; Britain; London; Periodical