Birds Of The Isle Of Man..
Bound in original green cloth, gilt in pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Bookplate.
£25.00
Publisher
Bridgeen Publications Troutbeck, Tromode Road.,
Place
Douglas
Date
1986
Synopsis
Illustrated by alan harris.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. x + 364 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by coloured frontispiece, 24 pages of black and white photographic plates and by 113 breeding distribution maps, 38 other maps, 22 tables, 101 histograms, and 89 line drawings by Alan Harris, including title page vignette.
Notes
The first systematic survey of Manx ornithology for over eighty years, this well illustrated new book reviews the history and status of all birds known to have occurred on the Isle of Man. The Calf of Man Bird Observatory has produced valuable data on bird migration and annual changes in the breeding population since 1959.
[Stock No. 23577]
Subjects
20th Century • Birds • Natural History • Natural History/Science