The Birds of Natal and Zululand

P.A. Clancey has engaged in extensive original research over the years since 1950 in order to make this account of the birds of Natal and Zululand and all the immediately adjacent territories of south-eastern Africa as up to date and authoritative as possible. No work on South African birds since the early 1900's has given such detailed descriptions of each species, and much information, hitherto available only in museum and specialised ornithological publications, has been collected together in this volume for the first time.

The author has followed closely the arrangement and findings on the birds of the province embodied in his own work A Preliminary List of the Birds of Natal and Zululand, published by the Durban Museum in 1953. In arriving at his conclusions he has thoroughly conned the pertinent literature, as well as studying the considerable collections of Natal and Zululand birds in both the Durban and Natal Museums. He has also personally undertaken the effective ornithological exploration of many areas in zoo-geographical South Africa with a view to the composition of the extremely rich and arresting avifauna of the segment of south-east Africa dealt with in this work.

The fine series of paintings of birds has been specially prepared by the author. It is hoped that ornithologists will find this work not only a valuable reference work but also a source of much pleasurable reading.

Original bright green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Hardback with unclipped dust cover. Owner's signature to front endpaper. Half-title. Colour Frontispiece. Title. Dedication. Preface. Contents. Illustrations- Colour Plates. List of Photographs. Text Figures. Introduction. xxxiv +511 pages text with supporting plates and illustrations. Large folding map to rear endpaper.

Illustrated with 41 colour plates, a map and 40 black and white figures by the author and 17 photographic plates by Dennis Cleaver.

Very clean copy.