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Field Guide to the

BIRDSof New Zealand

Barrie Heather and Hugh A Robertson

illustrated by Derek J Onley

"..If you are going to do birdwatching in New Zealand you must have this book"...Frank Hamilton

Hardback;1997. 432pp.Colour and Black&White illustrations Order Number OUP027H (out of Print).Also available as a Paperback Price £19.50 order Number OUP027P

A Guide to the birds of.....

Mexico

and Northern Central America

Steve N.G. Howell and Sophie Webb

'..superb..one of the best country guides to ever be published-anywhere'.Peter Kaestner,Audubon Naturalist News

'..it radiates authority and excellence'.Adrian Long ,IBIS

'..This really is an in-depth guide to the 1070 species found in Mexico and Northern Central America.The text is scholarly yet practical..The colour plates are attractive and helpful...It is invaluable in the field but also fascinating for persual in the evenings,for planning a trip,and for reliving the experience at a later date.Essential for anyone interested in Neotropical Birding'. Bill Bland,Birding World

Paperback;868 pp. Numerous colour plates,line drawings and Maps.1995. Price £34.50 Order Number OUP028

or Hardback £60.00 OUPO28H

The Birds of Prey of Australia A Field Guide to Australian Raptors

Stephen Debus,University of New England,New South Wales

This is a comprehensive and well -illustrated guide to the birds of prey of Australia.

"...The text is thorough and the painted plates are excellent". ..Birdwatch

Paperback;1998. 160pp. 46 colour plates,50 black & white illustrations.Price £6.50 order number OUP029

A Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka Third Edition

G.M Henry,Revised by Thilo W. Hoffman et al

1998. 534pp. 29 colour plates.142 line drawings.Hardback. Price £29.00 order Number OUP030

*See also A field Guide to the birds of Sri Lanka-John Harrison-also on this page

The Birds of the Peninsular Malaysia

Derek Holmes illustrated by Karen Phillips

Images of Asia

1998. 108 pp. Numerous colour and black & white plates.illustrations. Hardback.Price £18.95 order Number OUP031

A Field Guide to the Birds of

Sri Lanka

John Harrison,illustrated by Tim Worfolk

The first truly comprehensive,up-to-date,modern field guide to Sri Lanka's abundant avifauna.It contains 48 stunning colour plates of all 426 species on the official Sri Lankan list.The text highlights the important identification features,such as plumage variations for each bird,and show the birds perched and also in flight,where relevant to their identification.An introduction to the guide describes briefly some of the best sites for watching Sri Lanka's abundant avifauna,and provides useful contact addresses for the prospective traveller.

Hardback;234 pp.48 colour plates.2 maps.1999. Price £55.00 order number OUP032H or as a Paperback Price £29.95 order number OUP032P

The Birds of

SOUTH AMERICA

Robert S Rigely and Guy Tudor

mapThe South American continent is rich in plant and animal species.Among birds alone,over 3100 species are either resident or migrant.Birds are some of South America's treasures,and also among its most endangered fauna.Hence the need for a descriptive record of South American birds that will serve the needs of professional and amateur bird students,and encourage conservation of these magnificent species.This hand book is planned to be four volumes long.Two of them,covering the oscine and suboscine passerines are already published.The final two volumes on landbirds and waterbirds are expected 2003 and 2005 repectively.

From reviews of the first two volumes:

'Bob Ridgely,one of today's most important and dedicated ornithologists,and Guy Tudor,one of the world's outstanding wildlife illustrators,have created a remarkably thorough handbook,presenting the most current information available on South American avifauna.As the first modern field handbook...of South America,it is indispensable.' Russell E.Train,World Wildlife Fund

Volume 1:The Oscine Passerines.1989.532pp. 31 colour plates,maps,line drawings.Hardback price £78.95 Order Number OUPSA01

Volume 2:The Suboscine Passerines.1994.900pp. 52 colour plates,maps,Hardback price £78.95 Order Number OUPSA02

The BIRDS of

EGYPT

Steven M. Goodman & Peter L Meininger (eds)

• "The layout is superb,the text is clear,and the maps,in particular,are of a very high standard"..British Birds
• "A wealth of old records,all carefully considered by the authors,gives a fine foundation to this impressive new book...Country Life
• "This new and long-awaited work is an imprtant publication;it is also undoubtedly a major contribution to the ornithological literature of North Africa and the Middle East"...British Birds

Hardback; 572pp. 1989.6 Colour plates.Numerous tables and figures.Price £42.50

Who Killed the Great Auk

Jeremy Gaskell

In this fascinating book,Jeremy Gaskell takes the reader on a tour of some of the wildest and coldest places on earth as he tries to uncover the facts behind the Great Auk's disappearance,and the reason why attempts to save it were in vain.

Hardback:240pp.Price £18.99

EXTINCT BIRDS (second edition)

Errol Fuller

"One of the most astonishing books to cross my desk"..The Guardian

This beautifully illustrated book is an absorbing study of extinct bird species.

Hardback:400pp.170 colour and 100 black and white illustrations.Price £29.50

Parasitic Birds and Their Hosts

Studies in Coevolution

Edited by Stephen I. Rothstein,University of California,and Scott K. Robinson,Illinois Natural History Survey.

Hardback;456 pp.Price £99.50

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