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A magnificent 16 volume handbook, one of the wonders of natural history publishing

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks


Series: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD (HBW) 1
Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sargatal
640 pages, 67 col plates, 200 col photos, 550 distribution maps.
Lynx Edicions
 
Hardcover | 1992 [2001 reprint] | £150.00 | approx. $216/€154

#17555 | ISBN-10: 8487334091
This first volume covers the following families: ostrich; rheas; cassowaries; emu; kiwis; tinamous; penguins; divers; grebes; albatrosses; petrels & shearwaters; storm- and diving-petrels; tropicbirds; pelicans; gannets & boobies; cormorants; darters; frigatebirds; herons; hamerkop; storks; shoebill; ibises and spoonbills; flamingos; screamers; ducks, geese & swans.
` There are many titles currently available that claim to cover all the birds of the globe: treat these as nothing more than inferior effigies and go out and buy the real thing.' Hugh Harrop, Birding World.
` If perfection does not exist upon Earth, this volume comes very close to it. ' Paul Geroudet, Nos Oiseaux
 
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