On this page you can review the 67 books about birds that are in stock as of January 31, 2008, and here is how to order them from Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, New Hampshire.
1. 'B.B.', DARK ESTUARY - NEW EDITION, Michael Joseph, London, (1980), ill. D. J. Watkins-Pitchford, 164pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0718118669 A new revised edition of the 1953 classic., (Order No: 47432 ), $35.00
2. Armstrong, Edward A., A STUDY OF BIRD SONG, Oxford University Press, London, 1963, B&W ill., 336pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The first extensive review of bird vocalizations., (Order No: 34238 ), $20.00
3. Audubon, John James (introduction by Marshall B. Davidson), THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, American Heritage Pub. Co., New York, 1966, color illustrations, fine, brown cloth (hardcover) in very good+ slipcase, Fine two volume set with plates reproduced in color for the first time from the collection at The New York Historical Society. 431 plates with descriptions on opposite page., (Order No: 37336 ), $125.00
4. Audubon, John James; Ford, Alice (selected and edited by), THE BIRD BIOGRAPHIES OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1957 1st ptg, color illustrations, 282pp, good, black cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket light edgewear, (Order No: 51128 ), $7.50
5. Aymar, Brandt (edited by), THE PERSONALITY OF THE BIRD, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1965), B&W illustrations, 270pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) lacks FFEP, "Its many-sided nature as revealed in stories.", (Order No: 44251 ), $3.50
6. Baily, William L. (revised and edited by Edward D. Cope), OUR OWN BIRDS, A FAMILIAR NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1876, B&W illustrations, 140pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, The object of this book is not to treat the subject of Ornithology scientifically, but simply to present in a concise and familiar manner interesting facts relating to the birds of our own country., (Order No: 53133 ), $25.00
7. Beebe, C. William, TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1905, B&W illustrations, 408pp, good+, decocorated light brown cloth, teg (hardcover) EX-LIB, These chapters on the Nature life of Mexico were written during a trip to that country in the winter of 1903-04. EX-LIB from a small county library, and circulated only once., (Order No: 52842 ), $50.00
8. Bent, Arthur Cleveland, LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, TANAGERS, AND ALLIES, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1958, B&W illustrations, 549pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Order Passeriformes: Families Ploceidae, Icteridae, and Thraupidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 211., (Order No: 53336 ), $8.50
9. Bolles, Frank, CHOCORUA'S TENANTS, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1895, 8 B&W illustrations, 68pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Published by Elizabeth Q. Bolles the year after her husband's death. Frank Bolles summered at Chocorua Lake near Tamworth, New Hampshire, and his poems relate tales of the lake's permanent residents, including: The crow, Log-Cock, Ruffed Grouse, Eaves Swallow, Blue Jay, Oven-Bird, and other birds. Uncommon., (Order No: 30865 ), $35.00
10. Boosey, Edward J.; Brooksbank, Alec (photographs by); Rt. Hon. The Viscount Chaplin (foreword by), FOREIGN BIRD KEEPING: FORTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THEIR BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT, Cage Birds, London, n.d. c1960s, B&W and color illustrations, 342pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 50397 ), $10.00
11. Brand, Albert R., MORE SONGS OF WILD BIRDS - WITH ALL THREE RECORDS IN REAR POCKET, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, 1936, B&W line drawings, 116pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Besides the three records, this book contains extensive comment on the attributes of bird song, its varying pleasures and significance, and full, specific information on the range, field chararcteristics and song habits of the birds portrayed on the records., (Order No: 8404 ), $25.00
12. Brooks, Bruce, ON THE WING - THE LIFE OF BIRDS: FROM FEATHERS TO FLIGHT, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, color photographs, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684191199 "Companion to the PBS television series NATURE.", (Order No: 12855 ), $4.00
13. Chapman, Frank M., CAMPS AND CRUISES OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST, D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1908 1st ed, 250 photos by the author, 432pp, very good, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover), Exceptionally nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 4488 ), $40.00
14. Chapman, Frank M. (with the cooperation of other ornithologists), THE WARBLERS OF NORTH AMERICA, D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1914 2nd ed, B&W and color illustrations, 306pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear SEE NOTE, A fully illustrated work which will serve as an aid to the field identification of Warblers and to the study of their life-histories. NOTE - Some occasional light foxing, and faint water stain top edge of a few pages., (Order No: 27341 ), $20.00
15. Chapman, Frank M., BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA - WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE OUTFIT AND METHODS OF THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903, B&W illustrations, 218pp, good, olive green cloth w/some edgewear (hardcover) EX-LIB, (Order No: 46023 ), $14.50
16. Churchill, Abby P., BIRDS IN LITERATURE, Printed Privately, Worcester, MA, 1905, 186pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover) light wear top/bottom of spine, A compilation of articles, facts, quotes, etc of birds, arranged alphabetically by bird name., (Order No: 43293 ), $20.00
17. Dossenbach, Hans D. (photographs and text by), THE FAMILY LIFE OF BIRDS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1971), color photographs, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0070176388, (Order No: 12543 ), $5.00
18. Eaton, Elon Howard, BIRDS OF NEW YORK -- NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM MEMOIR 12 - SECOND EDITION - TWO VOLUME SET, Univ. of the State of N. Y., Albany, B&W illustrations, good, green cloth (hardcover), Part I: Introductory Chapters; Water Birds and Game Birds, 1910, 501pp; Part II: General Chapters; Land Birds, 1914, 719pp., (Order No: 30165 ), $100.00
19. Eckert, Allan W., THE SILENT SKY: THE INCREDIBLE EXTINCTION OF THE PASSENGER PIGEON, A NOVEL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1965) 1st ed, 243pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) jacket is price-clipped, The author re-creates the extinction of the passenger pigeon: the myriad natural enemies that preyed upon them ceaselessly; the forces of nature which crushed them unmercifully; and, worse by far, the hordes of men who made destruction of the pigeons a profession and a way of life., (Order No: 28971 ), $60.00
20. Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, THE WOODPECKERS, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1901, B&W text ill., color plates, 131pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover) lacks FFEP, Color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Bright gilt stamping of a woodpecker on the front board. Fascinating natural history of the woodpecker., (Order No: 51196 ), $35.00
21. Forbush, Edward Howe (May, John Bichard - revised and abridged by with the addition of more than one hundred species), A NATURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN BIRDS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA, Bramhall House, New York, first pub 1939, B&W and color plates, 554pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Revised and Abridged with the Addition of More than One Hundred Species by John Richard May., (Order No: 12863 ), $6.00
22. Forbush, Edward Howe, A HISTORY OF THE GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND ADJACENT STATES, MA State Board Agriculture, Boston, 1912 1st ed, color frontis, B&W ill., 622pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), "Including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence.", (Order No: 20225 ), $25.00
23. Forbush, Edward Howe, BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES: PART: 1 WATER BIRDS, MARSH BIRDS AND SHORE BIRDS, Comm. of Massachusetts, n.p., 1925, B&W and color illustrations, 481pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Illustrated with colored plates from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and figures and cuts from drawings and photographs by the author and others., (Order No: 24503 ), $25.00
24. Forbush, Edward Howe, USEFUL BIRDS AND THEIR PROTECTION - FOURTH EDITION, MA State Board of Agricultur, Boston, MA, 1913 4th ed, B&W illustrations, 451pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), CONTAINING BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE COMMON AND USEFUL SPECIES OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR FOOD HABITS, AND A CHAPTER ON THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING AND PROTECTING BIRDS., (Order No: 39300 ), $15.00
25. Garisto, Leslie, BIRDCAGE BOOK: ANTIQUE BIRDCAGES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY COLLECTOR, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, over 75 color photographs, 95pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671744453 Presents international designs from every significant design era., (Order No: 7693 ), $12.50
26. Goodfellow, Peter, BIRDS AS BUILDERS, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1977), B&W and color ill., 168pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668041838 In this book the author describes the varied kinds of nests and their construction: from simple nests of twigs to the complicated woven nests stitched by the tailor-bird., (Order No: 24570 ), $7.50
27. Grimm, William C., BIRDS OF THE PYMATUNING REGION, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburg, PA, 1952, B&W and color ill, 226pp, good, wraps (softcover), "In 1928, Dr. George M. Sutton's report on THE BIRDS OF PYMATUNING SWAMP AND CONNEAUT LAKE appeared in the Annals of the Carnegie Museum. It is a comprehensive account of the bird life of the region based upon his own field work from 1922 to 1927, and also upon data supplied by numerous observers. The present work is not intended to supersede Dr. Sutton's report, but rather to amplify it and bring our knowledge of the bird life of the region up to date.", (Order No: 28972 ), $7.00
28. Haley, Delphine (editor), SEABIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WATERS, Pacific Search Press, Seattle, WA, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 214pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 091471886X, (Order No: 14863 ), $15.00
29. Halle, Louis J. (foreword by John Bonner), THE APPRECIATION OF BIRDS, Johns Hopkins University Pr., Baltimore, (1989), drawings by Jens Gregersen, 140pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080183869X, (Order No: 25050 ), $5.00
30. Hancock, James, THE BIRDS OF THE WETLANDS, Croom Helm, London, (1984), color illustrations, 152pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0709912870 This volume briefly describes one major wetland area on every continent in the world. It considers the important questions of conservation in these increasingly threatened environments, highlighting both future dangers and past mistakes., (Order No: 28744 ), $7.50
31. Hanson, Harold C. & Jones, Robert L., THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF BLUE, SNOW, AND ROSS' GEESE, Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1976), 266 B&W ill., 45 tables, 281pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809307510 Postulating a new technique-feather mineral pattern analysis-for determining the geographic origins and distribution of wild goose populations, this book makes a unique contribution to wildlife research and management., (Order No: 13578 ), $5.00
32. Harrison, Kit and Harrison, George (line drawings by Michael James Riddet), THE BIRDS OF WINTER, Random House, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 8pp color ill., 116 B&W ill., 190pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394581962 The first book written exclusively about how these seemingly fragile creatures hunt, eat, hoard, fly, sleep, hide, socialize, and stay warm enough to endure the cold. Filled with amazing anecdotes, fascinating facts, and enjoyable quotes from the authors' many years of study and observation, and illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs by America's foremost wildfife photographers, as well as line drawings and a map., (Order No: 15291 ), $4.00
33. Hosking, Eric J. and Newberry, Cyril W., MORE BIRDS OF THE DAY, Collins, London, 1946 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 127pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 44248 ), $7.50
34. Jackson, C. E., BIRD ILLUSTRATORS: SOME ARTISTS IN EARLY LITHOGRAPHY, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, (1975), Color illustrations, 133pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0854931031 Some magnificently illustrated bird books were published in the Victorian era, in response to the demand for accurate coloured pictures of our own native birds and the new, often exotic, species which at that time were being discovered in all parts of the world. How these books came to be written, and the story of the authors, artists and craftsmen who produced them, is the subject of this book., (Order No: 42088 ), $100.00
35. Jacobs, J. Warren, THE STORY OF A MARTIN COLONY: ILLUSTRATED - CLEANINGS NO. II., Independent Book & Job Offic, Waynesburg, PA, 1903, B&W illustrations, 24pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Observations on a colony of Purple Martins (Progne Subis.)., (Order No: 53304 ), $35.00
36. Johnsgard, Paul A., CRANE MUSIC: A NATURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN CRANES, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1560980516 A lyrically written natural history of the two North American crane species--the sandhill and the whooping crane., (Order No: 14965 ), $7.50
37. Kastner, Joseph (with commentaries by Miriam T. Gross) (introduction by Roger Tory Peterson), THE BIRD ILLUSTRATED 1550-1900: FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 45 color, 54 B&W plates, 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810907461 Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. A celebration of the pioneers of bird illustration based on the collections of The New York Public Library., (Order No: 9436 ), $15.00
38. Kinsky, F. C.; and, Robertson, C. J. R., HANDBOOK OF COMMON NEW ZEALAND BIRDS, Heinemann Reed, Auckland, New Zealand, (1989), color ill. by Janet Marshall, 165pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0790001454 Designed for use in the practical visual identification of New Zealand's common birds., (Order No: 52908 ), $5.00
39. Knowler, Donald, THE FALCONER OF CENTRAL PARK, Karz-Cohl, New York, 1984 1st ed, 181pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0943828627 In this volume, British journalist Donald Knowler has written about the birds, animals, and humans he encountered during 1982 on his frequent sojourns to the park., (Order No: 31543 ), $7.00
40. Lembke, Janet, DANGEROUS BIRDS: A NATURALIST'S AVIARY, Lyons & Burford, Publishers, New York, (1992), 179pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 155821190X "Dangerous" birds can be as plain as sparrows or as light and elusive as hummingbirds, so long as they catch hold of human fascination and never let go. Lembke visits some of these dangerous birds, letting us share in her love and knowledge of birds and the unique sense of wonder they inspire., (Order No: 23739 ), $5.00
41. Mackenzie, John P. S., BIRDS IN PERIL: A GUIDE TO THE ENDANGERED BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1977 1st ptg, ill. by Terence Shortt, 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395258553 This volume looks at the lives of twenty endangered North American birds: their rise and fall, their life cycles, their habits and their habitat., (Order No: 29018 ), $5.00
42. McElroy, Thomas P., THE HABITAT GUIDE TO BIRDING, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1974 1st ed, ill. by Matthew Kalmenoff, 257pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394474929 "The first guide that simplifies bird identification by showing which species one may expect to find in various types of landscape and cover.", (Order No: 7506 ), $7.50
43. Murphy, Robert Cushman; and Amadon, Dean, LAND BIRDS OF AMERICA, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1953) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 44254 ), $7.50
44. Murphy, Robert Cushman, OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1936), B&W and color illustrations, 2 vols, 1245pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover) in worn and poor slipcase, A study of the species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History. Illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jaques, photographs, maps, and other drawings., (Order No: 51171 ), $50.00
45. Nelson, Colleen Helgeson, THE DOWNY WATERFOWL OF NORTH AMERICA, Delta Station Press, Deerfield, IL, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, 302pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1550562193, (Order No: 49394 ), $10.00
46. Obee, Bruce, CANADIAN BIRDS, Whitecap Books, Vancouver, (1993), color illustrations, 154pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1551100908 A photographic portfolio of the avian wildlife found in a country still largely unscathed by human endeavours., (Order No: 22579 ), $20.00
47. Oberman, Lola, THE PLEASURES OF WATCHING BIRDS, Prentice Hall Press, New York, (1986) 1st ptg], ill. by Joy Swan, 256pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0136813054, (Order No: 44252 ), $6.00
48. Ogburn, Charlton, THE ADVENTURE OF BIRDS, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1976, Matthew Kalmenoff drawings, 381pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) pencil notes rear endpaper, ISBN 0688030807 "A uniquely illuminating answer to the question, WHAT IS IT ABOUT BIRDS?", (Order No: 12856 ), $3.00
49. Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert, RUWENZORI EXPEDITION REPORTS. 16. AVES, Zoological Society of London, London, 1910, 10 fabulous chromoliths, p253-p480, very good++, brown buckram cloth (hardcover), With Appendix: On some Points in the Anatomy of Bradypterus Cinnamomeus by W. P. Pycraft. Extracted from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. XIX, Part IV. March, 1910. William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) organized this 1905-06 expedition to the Ruwenzori Mountains ("Mountains of the Moon") in Equatorial Africa. This part of the report covers the bird studies made. The value here is the in exceptional, breath-taking 10 chromolith plates of the birds, and one plate of their eggs., (Order No: 53239 ), $1000.00
50. Paca, Lillian Grace, THE ROYAL BIRDS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1963), illustrated by the author, 164pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear jacket, "Through the centuries, the elegant, stately swan has held a special place in myth, in history, and in man's affections..." designated by the British crown as 'royal birds.', (Order No: 12859 ), $9.50
51. Page, Jake & Morton, Eugene S., LORDS OF THE AIR: THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BIRDS, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, (1989) 1st ed, color illustrations, 288pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0895990245 All perspectives of birds are thoroughly explored in this book., (Order No: 4413 ), $6.00
52. Page, Jake (essays by), SONGS TO BIRDS, David R. Godine, Boston, MA, (1993) 1st ed, ill. by Wesley W. Bates, 138pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879239573 In this collection of nature essays, the author manages to set his sights on starlings and cardinals, chimney swifts and arctic terns. But his real pleasure comes from seeing how pieces combine to make a whole, how even the most mundane members of the animal world are integral--and always interesting--parts of a bigger picture., (Order No: 24821 ), $7.50
53. Peterson, Roger Tory, THE BIRD WATCHER'S ANTHOLOGY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1957) 1st ed, color frontis, B&W ill., 401pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Roger Tory Peterson, justly called the Twentieth-Century Audubon, has selected the great literature of bird lore, enriched it liberally with his own commentary, and made it strikingly beautiful with more than 100 of his own drawings prepared especially for this volume. In addition to the work of this distinguished scientist-artist-writer-explorer, the book contains the finest writing of Burroughs, Huxley, Kieran, Peattie, Teale, Beebe, Hudson, Audubon, Darwin, Sutton, Thoreau, and others., (Order No: 23487 ), $7.50
54. Pollard, Hugh B. C., GAME BIRDS: REARING, PRESERVATION AND SHOOTING, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1929, B&W and color illustrations, 186pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, mottling to cloth, Nice clean and tight copy. There is mottling to the cloth on the front and rear boards. Spine does not exhibit this at all., (Order No: 51180 ), $75.00
55. Porter, Eliot, BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA: A PERSONAL SELECTION, A&W Visual Library, New York, c1975, B&W and color illustrations, 140pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0891040161, (Order No: 25500 ), $5.00
56. Roberts, Thomas S., THE BIRDS OF MINNESOTA - TWO VOLUME SET, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1932 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, almost fine, green cloth (hardcover) an exceptionally nice set, Two volumes: 691pp followed by 49 color plates; 821pp followed by color plates numbered 50 to 90. Color plates by Allan Brooks, George Miksch Sutton, Walter Alois Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter John Breckenridge, and one plate by Louis Agassiz Fuertes., (Order No: 28819 ), $185.00
57. Shetterly, Susan Hand, THE NEW YEAR'S OWL: ENCOUNTERS WITH ANIMALS, PEOPLE & THE LAND THEY SHARE, Yankee Books, Dublin, NH, (1987) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 149pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0899091156 Stories distilling 16 years of living on the coast of Maine, building a home, raising a family, and caring for wounded or orphaned birds and animals. Etchings by Robert Shetterly, Jr., (Order No: 10588 ), $4.50
58. Simon, Hilda, THE COURTSHIP OF BIRDS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1977) 1st ptg, ill. by Hilda Simon, 189pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396074596 The author explores the ways in which birds woo and win their mates., (Order No: 24764 ), $5.00
59. Sitwell, Sacheverell; Buchanan, Handasyde; and Fisher, James, FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700-1900 -- ELEPHANT FOLIO EDITION, Collins & Van Nostrand, London - New York, 1953, B&W and color plates, 120pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Elephant Folio Edition, one of 2,000 copies on Gelderland mill paper. Contents: FINE BIRD BOOKS by Sacheverell Sitwell; THE BIBLIOGRAPHY by Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher; and, A LIST OF SPECIES ILLUSTRATED IN THE PLATES by James Fisher., (Order No: 51413 ), $275.00
60. Smart, Charles E., THE RING-NECKED PHEASANT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - SURVEY REPORT NO. 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT, NH Fish and Game Dept, Concord, NH, 1949, B&W illustrations, 82pp, good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46018 ), $20.00
61. Sotheby's, JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA: JUNE 16 AND 17, 1983, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, (1983), B&W and color ill., 332pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Sale Number 5054. The set formerly in the collections of An original subscriber from Philadelphia, probably Mrs. (C. Head?) Ford, whose name appears as number 22 on Audubon's final list. William Schott, of Philadelphia. The Long Island Historical Society. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Beinecke., (Order No: 29625 ), $12.50
62. Teal, Mildred and Teal, John, PIGEONS AND PEOPLE, Atlantic-Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, (1972) 1st ed, ill. by Leslie Morrill, 87pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316834459 This book provides a wealth of detail and fascinating fact about all kinds of pigeons, and an ecological warning., (Order No: 29247 ), $17.50
63. Van Vleck, Sarita, WAYS OF THE BIRD: A NATURALIST'S GUIDE TO BIRD BEHAVIOR, Lyons & Burford, Publishers, New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 141pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 155821223X Originally published in 1977 as GROWING WINGS. Through a combination of scientific fact and sensitive observation, the author deciphers the often puzzling ways of a wide variety of birds, examining and explaining nesting, flocking, migration, feeding, and a whole range of other behaviors., (Order No: 19136 ), $7.50
64. Viscount Grey of Fallodon, THE CHARM OF BIRDS, Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1927) 3rd ptg, ill. by Robert Gibbings, 243pp, good++, light green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 52802 ), $5.00
65. Weller, Milton W., THE ISLAND WATERFOWL, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, (1980) 1st ed, B&W figures, 121pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813813107 This careful assessment of many unique and sometimes rare or endangered species of waterfowl endemic on isolated islands sets the stage for the study of adaptation of freshwater birds on oceanic islands., (Order No: 13694 ), $4.00
66. Williams, Arthur B. (edited by), BIRDS OF THE CLEVELAND REGION: A CHECK LIST OF SPECIES REPORTED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OF THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE, Cleveland Mus. of Nat. Hist., Cleveland, OH, (1950), B&W frontis, 217pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), Scientific Publications of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History -- Volume X, Bulletin Number 2 -- The Kirtland Society, Issued June, 1950., (Order No: 28772 ), $10.00
67. Williams, John G. (plates by the author and Rena Fennessy; introduction by Roger Tory Peterson), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Collins, London, (1973) 6th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 288pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 0002120216 This is the first field guide to the birds of Africa from Rhodesia to the Red Sea. Over 450 species are described and illustrated: all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find, and also those of the rarer species that are most conspicuous in appearance, flight, or voice., (Order No: 51526 ), $7.50