Volume 1 Ostriches to
Birds of Prey £105.00The Birds of Africa...Birdbooksdirect.com
"The standard work on African ornithology for the twenty-first century."..Nature
Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject,The Birds of Africa is a superb reference with encyclopedic species texts,stunning paintings,detailed line drawings and comprehensive bibliographies.
"This series is now clearly the standard ornithological work"...World Birdwatch
Volume 1 Ostriches to
Birds of Prey £105.00
Leslie H Brown,Emil K Urban and Kenneth B.Newman
"The authors and publishers are to be congratulated on a job well done.If the remaining volumes live up to the standard of volume 1,there is not a doubt that the authors' dreams will be fully realised"..R.Charles Long in Wilson Bulletin
Volume 2 Gamebirds to Pigeons £105.00
Edited by Emil K Urban,C Hilary Fry and Stuart Keith
"The Birds of Africa is concise and crammed with facts based on retrievable references"...New Scientist
This second volume reinforces the impression gained from volume 1 that this handbook is destined to become the standard work for the continent,and as such it is indispensable to anyone with an interest in African birds".British Birds.
Volume
3 Parrots
to Woodpeckers £105.00.Edited by C.Hilary
Fry,Stuart Keith and Emil K Urban
"Another masterpiece:altogether editors,authors,artists and publisher must be warmly congratulated on producing a real ornithological feast" OSME BULLETIN
Volume 4 Broadbills to Chats £105.00.Edited by Stuart Keith,Emil K Urban and C Hilary Fry
"In my opinion volume 4 alone justifies investment in the series as a whole"..Ostrich
"When one thinks of the sheer enormity of this project,the beauty and accuracy of the result can earn unusually high marks.In every way the work complements the diverse and fascinating panorama of African birds".Wilson Bulletin
Volume 5 Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers £105.00.Edited by:Emil K Urban,C Hilary Fry and Stuart Keith
"More than any other volume,this book opened up for me a new world of African Ornithology." Alan Kemp,in Ostrich
"One of the best handbooks that I have seen and a joy to use;this volume in particular ius a magnificent work." David Emley,in British Ecological Society Bulletin
Volume 6 Picathartes to
Oxpeckers
£115.00 Edited by:C Hilary
Fry,Stuart Keith and Emil K Urban
"If you have not been collecting this set,start with this volume to see what you have been missing."..Birding World
mapThis volume follows the standard taxonomic sequence dealing with songbirds from the startling irridescent babblers to starlings.A new introduction brings the reader up-to-date with recent developments in the series and includes an essay on aspects of biogeography illustrated through African birds.There are 36 superb colour plates by Martin Woodcock which illustrate all the plumages of all species covered in the volume while full references to written and sound recorded material complete this authoritative coverage.The beauty and scholarship of this now standard reference on African birds must ensure it a place on every ornithologist's bookshelf.
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