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A Season Of Birds

A Norfolk Diary 1911

mapAt the turn of the century (20th) a rich Cambridge undergraduate,the Hon.Edwin Montagu,visited the Norfolk Broads and befriended a local boy,Jim Vincent.Their excursions together formed the basis of a friendship that lasted nearly twenty years,cutting across the barriers of social position and background.Later Montagu returned to Hickling for the shooting,and Vincent,now his keeper,taught Montagu the lore of the Broads.As his interest in the area developed,Montagu,by now a minister in Asquith's government,decided to preserve a bird diary kept by Jim Vincent in an unusual and delightful way.He commissioned the eminent Edwardian bird artist,G.E.Lodge,R.A,to illustrate it.This version of the book which has become a classic was published in 1980.The 152 pages feature the work of G.E.Lodge,with a map of Hickling Broad.Hardback.

Condition Mint in Dust Wrapper,Price £12.00 + postage

The

HERONS

OF THE WORLD

James Hancock and Hugh Elliot

Paintings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman

Herons and bitterns form one of the most easily distinguishable (and widely dispersed) families of birds.Their family,the Ardeidae,contains many of the world's most graceful and interesting large birds,perennial favourites of ornithologists and bird watchers.In The Herons of the World,two experts and two artists have combined to offer both an authoritative review of the family and a set of original and beautiful plates that should serve for a long time to come as definitive portraits of the exceptionally varied species that belong to it.

In the text,James Hancock and Hugh Elliot have drawn together and summarized what is now known of the heron family,relying on the observations of ornithologists from many countries and on their own wide-ranging experience of a majority of the species.For each of the 61 species that they recognise they have provided accounts of distribution,migration and habitat,general appearance and identification,and feeding and breeding behaviour.for some species additional taxonomic notes are also included.

The full-colour portraits of the birds by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman and the pencil drawings by Robert Gillmor make the book a work of art as well as an authoritative monograph.researched with meticulous care,the illustrations are often able to provide a visual hint of the birds' favoured habitats.

Size approx 35 x 24 cm.Hardback.304 pp. Colour paintings by Robert Gillmor (Black Heron above) and Peter Hayman.London Editions 1978.Condition -Minute snick to d/w at spine o/w MInt A1 as new in card slipcase.A beatifully produced book of great quality one of the classics.Price £65.00 (post Free UK) SORRY SOLD