Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds .. Second Edition, with a Plan of Study, and many New Articles and Original Observations by James Rennie
London, Hurst, Chance, 1831. With the gilt-armorial bookplate of William Twopeny. More
Ornithology
A History of the Birds of Ceylon
London, The Author, 1880. Tasmanian-born William Vincent Legge (1841-1918), soldier and scientist, was stationed in Ceylon from 1868 to 1877, when the material for this important work was gathered. After his return to Tasmania in 1883, he retained a strong interest in natural history, being a founder and president of..... More
Birds of Australia. Comprising Three Hundred Full-Page Illustrations, with a Descriptive Account of the Life and Characteristic Habits of over Seven Hundred Species
Melbourne, Charles Stuart and Co., 1890 and 1891. The plate count per volume is, respectively, 52, 58, 48, 48, 50 and 47. Although it is complete, this set is sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. More
Home Life on the Ostrich Farm. Second Edition
London, George Philip and Son, 1891. More
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Lloyd's Natural History. [Sixteen volumes, the complete set]
London, Edward Lloyd, 1896 and 1897. The set comprises BOWDLER SHARPE, R.: British Birds (four volumes with 124 colour plates); OGILVIE-GRANT, W.R.: Handbook to the Game Birds (two volumes with 42 colour plates); KIRBY, W.F.: Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera (five volumes with 159 colour plates); FORBES, H.O.: Handbook to..... More
List of Birds collected by the Calvert Expedition in West Australia. With Field Notes by G.A. Keartland, Naturalist to the Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 22, Part 2, 1898
Adelaide, RSSA, 1898. Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example, he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp, and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of..... More
Game, Shore and Water Birds of India. With Additional References to their Allied Species in other Parts of the World
London, Thacker, 1904 (fourth edition)/ 1874. More
Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History)
London, By Order of the Trustees [of the British Museum], 1905. More
Protected Native Birds of South Australia
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1910. A Special Bulletin issued by the South Australian Department of Intelligence. 'The purpose of this book is not to catalogue or to scientifically describe our native birds; but to bring prominently before the public, the police, and others in authority, and more especially the..... More
The Avifauna of Melville Island, Northern Territory
[Adelaide, South Australian Ornithologist, 1914]. A separately-issued offprint; no publishing details are given, but the article first appeared in the first issue of the South Australian Ornithologist (pages 11-18). A list of 97 birds known to occur on Melville Island, with short descriptions of nine new sub-species 'recently collected by'..... More
Scientific Notes on an Expedition into the Interior of Australia carried out by Captain S.A. White MBOU from July to October, 1913. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 38, 1914
Adelaide, RSSA, 1914. The purpose of the expedition (1300 miles by camel) was ornithological research, resulting in many additions and corrections to former bird lists and greatly assisting Gregory Mathews in his monumental work, 'The Birds of Australia'. The round trip from Oodnadatta went north by a zig-zag route to..... More
The Cruise of the Avocet. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers, [1916?]. McLaren 16761: 'Visit to the islands at the entrance to the St Vincent and Spencer's Gulfs in January 1916' on board the Rymills' motor yacht. More
In the Far North-East. A Scientific Expedition.. Reprinted from The Register
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, [1917]. Inscribed, dated (10 November 1917) and signed by the author at the head of the title page to T.G. Souter (an amateur ornithologist from Maitland in country South Australia), with the latter's ownership signature on the flyleaf. In September and October 1916, White..... More
The Life of Samuel White, Soldier, Naturalist, Sailor. By his Son
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers, 1920. A biographical sketch of the South Australian pioneer and early field naturalist, who died in 1880 at the age of 45. This account, 'based upon a few remaining letters, notes of his early life, and notes compiled during the last twelve months he..... More
Some Observations on the Flight of Sea-Birds. (Contained in) Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 50, 1926
Adelaide, RSSA, 1926. This issue also contains six articles on Australian Aboriginal topics, plus major contributions on the geology of the Barossa Ranges and the Victor Harbour region; authors include Howchin, Mawson, Tindale, Mountford, Pulleine, Madigan and Hossfeld. More
An Aviary on the Plains
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1934. 'This book comprises forty-six sketches of bird life in western Queensland'; these include recipes for cooking Plain turkeys. More
Diseases of Poultry in New South Wales
Sydney, NSW Department of Agriculture, 1939. More
British Birds
London, Thomas Nelson, 1944/ 1938 [revised edition]/ 1930. '200 plates in full colours from drawings by leading bird artists. Concise descriptions of appearance, range, habitats, nests, eggs, food, song, etc'. More
Tide's Ending
London, Hollis and Carter, 1950. Illustrations by the author. The companion to 'Dark Estuary'. More
The Australian Bushland
North Melbourne, W.A. Hamer, 1950. More
A Book of Ducks
Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1951. Number 58 in the King Penguin series. More
British Birds
London, Nelson, 1953 [eighth impression]/ 1938 [revised edition]/ 1930. With the bookplate of [Dr] J. Mark Bonnin. '200 plates in full colours from drawings by leading bird artists. Concise descriptions of appearance, range, habitats, nests, eggs, food, song, etc.'. More
The Literature of Australian Birds. A History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology
Perth, Paterson Brokensha, 1954. More
Bower-Birds. Their Displays and Breeding Cycles. A Preliminary Statement
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1954. More
Birds of the Sudan. Their Identification and Distribution
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Illustrated by D.M. Reid Henry. More
The Waterfowl of the World. Volume Two: The Dabbling Ducks
London, Country Life, 1956. Illustrated by Peter Scott. More
Portrait of a Wilderness. The story of the [ornithological] Coto Donana expeditions
London, Hutchinson, 1958. Illustrated by Eric Hosking. More
The Waterfowl of the World. Volume Three: Eiders, Pochards, Perching Ducks, Scoters, Golden-Eyes and Mergansers [and] Stiff-Tailed Ducks
London, Country Life, 1959. Illustrated by Peter Scott. More
Buller's Birds of New Zealand.. edited and brought up to date by E.G. Turbott
London, MacDonald, 1967/ 1888 [second edition]/ 1873. More
Handbook of New Guinea Birds
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967 [first edition]. More
Pigeons and Doves of the World
London, British Museum, 1970 (second edition)/ 1967. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. More
The Handbook of Australian Sea-Birds
Sydney, Reed, 1971 (first edition). More
A Hawk for the Bush. A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrow-hawk and other Short-winged Hawks
London, Neville Spearman, 1973 [revised edition]/ 1960. More
Birds of Prey of Australia
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1973. Number 146 of 500 copies signed by Frank Morris. More
Six limited edition volumes on Australian birds by Frank Morris are offered as one lot. The collection comprises Birds of Prey of Australia (1973); Pigeons and Doves of Australia (1976); Finches of Australia - a folio (1976); Birds of the Australian Swamps (two volumes, 1978 and 1981) and Robins and Wrens of Australia - a selection (1979)
Melbourne, Lansdowne (Lansdowne Editions after the first one), 1973 to 1981 (as detailed above). All volumes are signed and numbered copies of editions limited to 500 copies (or just 350 copies for the book on finches). All volumes carry the number 53 and the bookplate of J. Mark Bonnin, with..... More
Grouse and Quails of North America
Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1973 (third printing). More
Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions, 1962-70. A Report on the Collections made for the British Museum (Natural History)
London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1974. With much Central and North Australian material. More
Finches of Australia. A Folio
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1976. Number 172 of 350 copies signed by Frank Morris. More
Pigeons and Doves of Australia
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1976. Number 365 of 500 copies signed by Frank Morris. More
Crows of the World
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1977/ 1976. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. More
Lories and Lorikeets. The Brush-Tongued Parrots
Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1978. More
Rare and Vanishing Australian Birds
Adelaide, Rigby, 1978. More
Modern Poultry Management in Australia
Adelaide, Rigby, 1978. Everything the breeder needs to know for breeding ducks, hens, turkeys, geese, squabs, guinea fowls and pheasants. More
Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1979 (revised)/ 1973. 'The comprehensive revised edition of Cayley's standard work'. One of the Australian Natural Science Library series. More
Dark Estuary
London, Michael Joseph, 1980 [new edition]/ 1953. Illustrations by the author. The sequel to 'Dark Estuary'. More
Hawks in Focus. A Study of Australia's Birds of Prey
Mildura, Jaclin [The Authors], 1981. More
The Wrens and Warblers of Australia
London, Angus and Robertson, 1982. The first of the acclaimed National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife series, covering all 85 species of wrens and warblers. In compiling the text, Pringle 'drew upon every article on Australian birds ever published and some still in manuscript'. More
John Gould the Bird Man. A Chronology and Bibliography
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1982. More
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The Birds of Africa [in seven volumes]
London, Academic Press, and Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2000 and 2004. The colour illustrations in the series are principally by Martin Woodcock, with additional artwork by Ian Willis, Peter Hayman and C. Hilary Fry. More
Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1983/ 1979 (revised edition)/ 1973. 'The comprehensive revised edition of Cayley's standard work'. One of the Australian Natural Science Library series; with the bookplate of ornithologist J. Mark Bonnin. More