New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Perrins, Christopher - 1987

Austin, Texas, U. S. A.: Univ Of Texas Pr. New with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. This information-packed book is really two books in one. The Life of a Bird section tells what it is like to be a bird. It is an account of survival, of the advantages and disadvantages in the various methods of growing up, moulting, feeding, migrating, breeding - of adapting or succumbing to the multiplicity of threats to its existence. The Directory section gives over 1, 500 colour paintings of birds of different ages, sexes and seasons; maps of the distribution of the species that breeed or are regularly seen in Europe; and extensive information on the appearance, status, voice, habitat, nest, eggs, broods, incubation, young, development and food for each of 429 species. A great book for naturalists! 320 pages including an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .