Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds

H G Adams

Verlag: Groombridge and Sons, London, 1880

Beschreibung

A charming guide to oology, illustrated with many plates. Written by Henry Gardiner Adams, who wrote several works of natural history. With fourteen coloured plates of eggs.An informative study, which has been written by the same author as 'Favourite Song Birds', 'Humming Birds' and 'Beautiful Shells'.Adams has written this work with the hobbyist reader in mind. There are definitions of technical terms and a selection of anecdotes regarding nests and eggs before detailed descriptions of the nests of a variety of British birds. Breeds discussed include Red-Backed Shrikes, Owls, Wheatears, Wrens, and Meadow Pipits.A smart copy of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light shelfwear to the extremities. A few small marks to boards. Front hinge is strained but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Tidemark to the edge of plate facing page 78. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 762L16

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds

Verlag: Groombridge and Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book