THE DOVES, PARROTS, LOURIES & CUCKOOS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

First Edition, for the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. Very detailed, yet not difficult to understand, information on each bird described. Habitat, frequency, distribution, social organisation, maintenance activities, reproduction, population dynamics and relations with man, of every South African member of the four orders of birds under the title (Columbiformes, Psittiaciformes, Musophagiformes, Cuculiformes). 8 Full-page colour plates, unpaginated, with identification picture and naming details on opposite page, by Graeme Arnott. Distribution maps. Pages: [i-v]vi-xx pp [1]2-429. Dust jacket has some light wear at spine top edge. Condition Very Good. Green paper covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Very light foxing on half-title page, otherwise no wear or staining. Book, binding, pages Fine condition.