A Game Warden Takes Stock

Nisbet & Co, London, 1945. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Bound in green cloth with bright, silver titles to spine. Top head of spine slightly faded. Dust jacket has loss to the top and bottom heads of spine and some minor chipping. 16 Chapters, 39 Photos and Index. Contents clean with no foxing.

"To all those whose efforts have contributed to the conservation and perpetuation of the glorious wild life of Africa." Field observations on selected, important Ugandan species by the Game Warden of the Uganda Protectorate. Chapters include: Taking stock; Vanishing species - gorillas; Vanishing species - chimpanzees, white rhinoceros; Vanishing species - black rhinoceros, giraffe, Uganda kob; The father of the buffaloes; Hippopotamus - general characteristics; Hippopotamus - its foes and its food; Hippopotamus - birth and early years; More about lions - man-eaters; More about lions - hunting with spear, rifles, and camera; The Mabira Forest - the larger inhabitants; The Mabira Forest - lesser creatures; Flotsam and jetsam - general; Flotsam and jetsam - mammals; Flotsam and jetsam - birds; Flotsam and jetsam - reptiles, fishes, and insects. An important early assessment of the conservation status of Ugandan wildlife.