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Bird Recognition

FISHER, James

[Volumes 1-3 complete. With numerous Illustrations by 'Fish-Hawk'].

NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Published: Penguin [Harmondsworth], [1947-1955]

Stock code: 44130

Price: £39.00

Vol. I: Sea-Birds and Waders; (1947) Vol. 2: Birds of Prey and Waterfowl (1951); Vol. 3: Rails, Game-Birds, Perching and Singing Birds (1955). 'The three books in Pelican series are not really recognition books, but a most useful addition to bird literature' (Tate). A number of innovative features introduced here by a founding father of twentieth century ornithology are now standard techniques. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Pelicans A175, A176, A177 respectively; Tate, p.182-3.