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  1.       Albada, H., 1897. Naamlijst van Nederlandsche vogels Leeuwarden: Meijer & Schaafsma. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. 151, bibl., indexes. Orig. wrs. Spine a little rubbed and browned, very good otherwise. - € 25.00
                 
  2.         Allen, A.A. (et al.), 1963. Stalking birds with the color camera. Washington: National Geographical Society. Large 8vo. Pp. viii,351, 385 col. photos, index. Orig. cloth. - The photos show 275 species of North American birds.  - € 17.50

  3.         Ardea. Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Ornithologische Vereniging. Jaargang 33-75. 1944-1982.  Four first volumes bound, remainder in orig. issues. Lacks Jg. 40 , 41 and 42,  Jg. 43 nr. 4 and Jg. 51 nrs. 3/4. -              € 125.00

  4.         [ Audubon ]  Chancellor, J.M., 1978. Audubon. A biography. New York: Viking Press. Large 8vo. Pp. 224, many    illus. (partly col.) in text and on pls., index. Orig. cloth in dust jacket. - € 22.50

  5.         [ Audubon ] Rourke, C., 1936. Audubon. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 8vo. Pp. x,342, 12 col. pls. (incl. frontisp.), wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. Jacket  slightly rubbed, good otherwise. - € 20.00 

  6.         [ Audubon ]  Souder, W., 2004.  Under a wild sky. John James Audubon and the making of The Birds of America. New York: North Point Press. 8vo, 22.7cm. Pp. xii,367, 8 pls., notes & refs., bibl., index.  Quarter cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Fine. - € 17.50

  7.         Bährmann, U., 1978. Eine biometrische Analyse zur Morphologie der Nebelkrähe (Corvus corone cornix L.) und ihre interspezifischen Variation. Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 35(1/4): pp. 223-252, 26 tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  8.         Baird, S.F., 1864-1872. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1. [North and Middle America.] [Smiths. Misc. Coll., 181.] Washington. Pp. vi,478, many small text figs. of anatomical details, tabs., index. New half cloth, marbled boards.  -  All published, originally issued in sheets in 1864-1866, and now reissued in book form with an index. Deals only with the Oscines. According to Coues "many new species and varieties and some new genera are described", not only from North but also from Central and South America. - € 72.50

  9.          Baker, T.B.L., 1835. An ornithological index, arranged according to the Synopsis Avium of Mr. Vigors. London: R. Taylor, W. Wood. Pp. viii,187, index. Old plain cloth-backed boards. -  Cf. Stresemann (Engl. transl.) p. 177 ff. - € 22.50

  10.         Balen, J.H. van, 1973. A comparative study of the breeding ecology of the great tit Parus major in different habitats. Ardea, 61: pp. 1-93, 24 diagrs., tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - Thesis. - € 15.00

  11.         Barnes, J.A.G., 1975. Titmice of the British Isles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Pp. 212, 8 pls. of photos, 5 figs., notes, refs., index. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 21.50

  12.         Barrow, M.V., 1998. A passion for birds. American ornithology after Audubon. Princeton. Lg8vo. Pp. 352, 33 illus., refs., index. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket.  - "Admirably comprehensive, penetrating, and very readable [...], fills a gaping hole in the history of science as well as ornithological literature [...]." (David E. Allen).  - € 42.50

  13.         Barrows, W.B., & Schwarz, E.A., 1895. The common crow of the United States. [U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull., 6.] Washington: Government Printing Office. Pp. 98, frontispiece, 2 figs., index. Plain new wrappers. - € 13.50

  14.         Bartsch, P., 1919. The bird rookeries of the Tortugas. Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst., 1917: pp. [ii],469-500, 38 pls. of photos. New plain wrs. - € 10.00

  15.         [ Beekhuis, J., et al., eds.,] 1988. Atlas van de Nederlandse vogels. [Tweede, iets gewijzigde druk.] Arnhem: SOVON. Large 4to. Pp. 594, numerous distrib. maps, many drawings, some photos, tabs., bibl. of 895 entries, species index in Dutch, English, and Latin. Orig. laminated pict. boards. - € 32.50

  16.         Belopolsky, L.O., 1957. Ekologiya morskikh kolonialnykh ptits Barentsova Morya. Moskva. 8vo. Pp. 460, 16 pls., 135 figs., 92 tabs., bibl., index. Orig. cloth. - € 35.00
    In Russian. "Ecology of the colonial birds of the Barents Sea." 

  17.         Bennett, R.B., 1961. Budgerigars, canaries and foreign finches. London: G.A. Pearson. Large 8vo. Pp. 320, many illus. on 20 (12 coloured) plates, 2 pls.of photos, numerous drawings, index. Orig. boards in slightly rubbed pictorial dust-jacket. - € 22.50

  18.         Bent, A.C., 1953. Life histories of North American wood warblers. Order Passeriformes. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 203.] Washington. 8vo, 24.5cm. Pp. xii,734, many photos on 83 pls., bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut.  - Original edition. -  € 35.00

  19.         Bent, A.C., 1958. Life histories of North American blackbirds, orioles, tanagers, and allies. Order Passeriformes: families Ploceidae, Icteridae, and Thraupidae. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 211.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,549, many photos on 36 pls., bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 30.00

  20.         Berg, B., 1929. Mijn vriend uit Lapland. De morinelplevier. Geautoriseerde bewerking van Rinke Tolman. ‘s-Gravenhage: H. P. Leopold. Pp. [iv],110, frontisp., many photos. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  21.         Berg, B., 1931. Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja. Berlin: D. Reimer. Pp. 208, frontisp., 100 photos. Orig. pictorial cloth. Little rubbing to ends of spine and front cover, contents good. - First edition. - € 12.50
     
  22.         Berg, B., 1933. Die letzten Adler. [86.-100. Tsd.] Berlin: D. Reimer. Pp. 164, frontisp., 34 photogr. pls. Orig. cloth. -   € 13.75

  23.         Bergh, L.M.J. van den, et al., editors, 1979. Vogels van de grote rivieren. Utrecht: Het Spectrum. 4to. Pp. 328, photos, figs., many distrib. maps, bibl., index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 19.50

  24.         Berlepsch, Hans Graf von, 1911. Die Vögel der Aru-Inseln, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. H. Merton. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 34: pp. 51-98, tabs. 4to. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 10.00        

  25.         Bewick, T., 1961. A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself. Edited and with an introduction by Montague Weekley. With wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. London: The Cresset Press. Pp. xxxvi,204, frontisp., 17 figs. Orig. cloth in laminated dust jacket. Ex-library copy, title page heavily stamped, very good otherwise. - € 19.50 

  26.         Blake, E.R., & Hanson, H.C., 1942. Notes on a collection of birds from Michoacan, Mexico. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 22(9): pp. [ii],513-551, 9 photos of habitats on 4 pls., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.25

  27.         Blanchan, N., 1898. Birds that hunt and are hunted. Life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds, and waterfowls. With introduction by G.O. Shields. New York: Doubleday & McClure. Large 8vo. Pp. xii,359,[3], 48 col. pls. (incl. frontisp.), index. Orig. cloth. Binding a little marked, ends of backstrip frayed, contents very good. - € 30.00

  28.         Blinova, T.K., & Blinov, V.N., 1997-1999. Ptitsy yuzhnogo Zauralya. Lesostep i step. Novosibirsk. Large 8vo. Vol. 1: pp. 295, 15 figs., 4 tabs., refs.; vol. 2: pp. 287, 28 figs., 96 tabs., refs. Hardbound. -€ 49.50
    ¶  In Russian. "Birds of the southern Trans-Ural region. The forest-steppe and steppe. The fiirst volume is a faunal survey and covers also the protection of the avifauna, the themes of the second volume are the territorial heterogenity af bird populations and its dynamic processes.

  29.         Blok, A., & Dybbro, T., 1980. De blauwe reiger. [Kosmos Vogelmonografieën.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 79, numerous photos, drawings and maps throughout, bibl. Orig. stiff pictorial wrs. - € 10.00

  30.         Bocca, M., & Maffei, G., 19880. L'avifauna della zona umida di Quart-St. Marcel (Valle d'Aosta). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 6(2): pp. 541-583, 9 figs. and sketch maps, tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 6.50

  31.        Bochenski, Z., 1968. Nesting of European members of the genus Turdus Linnaeus 1758 (Aves). Acta Zool. Cracov., 13(16): pp. 349-440, 7 pls., 4 figs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 12.00

  32.        Bock, C.E., 1970. The ecology and behavior of the Lewis woodpecker (Asyndesmus lewis). [Univ. Califorania Publ. Zool., 92.] Berkeley. Large 8vo, 26cm. Pp. vi,100, 12 photos on 6 pls., 15 figs. and 17 tabs. in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  33.        Boekema, E.J., Glas, P., & Hulscher, J.B. (editors), 1983. Vogels van de provincie Groningen. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff / Bouma’s Boekhuis. Small 4to. Pp. 387, 22 coloured photogr. plates, several halftone photos in text, 75 figs. (mostly distrib. maps), bibl., indexes. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 22.75
           
  34.        Booth, C.G., 1981. Birds in Islay. [Second edition.] Port of Charlotte, Isle of Islay: Argyll Reproductions Ltd., 1975, reprinted 1981. 8vo, 22.5cm. Pp. 63, 33 photos (8 col.) on 20 pls., 1 map, drawing, bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. € 9.50

  35.        Borchert, W., 1925. Die Vogelwelt der Umgebung von Schönebeck (Elbe). Abh. Ber. Mus. Natur- u. Heimatk. Magdeburg, 4(1): pp. 4-60, 1 map. 4to. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 13.50

  36.        Borchert, W., 1927. Die Vogelwelt des Harzes, seines nordöstlichen Vorlandes uns der Altmark. Abh. Ber. Mus. Natur- u. Heimatk. Magdeburg, 4(3): pp. 317-652, 7 maps, indexes. 4to. Orig. wrs. - € 57.50

  37.         Braaksma, S., 1960. Rapport over het voorkomen van de kwartelkoning (Crex crex L.). Opgesteld voor de  Stafafdeling Natuurbescherming van het Staatsbosbeheer [...]. [No pl.] 4to. Pp. 49 mimeographed single-sided, 2 diagrs. and 3 maps in pocket. New plain wrs. - € 12.50

  38.         Brasseler, H., & Bekierz, F.W., 1984. Bibliographie ornithologischer Bibliographien. / Bibliography of ornithological bibliographies. I.-II. [Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenberg, 72 & 99.] Frankfurt a.M. 4to, 30cm. Vol. 1: pp. 158; vol. 2: pp. 214. Orig. wrs. - € 34.50

  39.         Brichetti, P., & Fracasso, G., 2003. Ornitologia Italiana. Identificazione, distribuzione, consistenza e movimenti degli uccelli italiani. Vol. I. Gaviidae-Falconidae. Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna). Large 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. xvi,463 p., num. col. photos, drawings, distrib. maps and diagrs., refs., bibl., gloss., bibl., Italian/Latin/English index, CD in rear cover pocket with index booklet. Hardbound in pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 48.00
    ¶  This authoritative handbook will be complete in 8 volumes. Each volume includes a CD (with index booklet) of original recordings of songs and sounds of all species described.. The first author is a professional ornithologist who has written over 200 publications, including 24 books and 3 manuals, and he is a.o. director of the CISO (Centro Italiano di Studi Ornitologici) and secretary of the Commissione Ornitologica Italiana. He also reguarly contributes to television broadcasts and magazines. The second author is a.o. collaborator of the Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, and staff member of the Museo Naturalistico Archeologico di Vicenza and the Dipartimento di Biologia dell'Università di Padova.

  40.          Brichetti, P., & Fracasso, G., 2004.  Ornitologia Italiana. Identificazione, distribuzione, consistenza e movimenti degli uccelli italiani.Vol. II. Tetraonidae - Scolopacidae. Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologia). 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. xvi,397, num. col. photos, drawings, distrib. maps and diagrs., refs., bibl., gloss., bibl., Italian/Latin/English index, CD in rear cover pocket with index booklet. Hardbound in pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 48.00

  41.          Brichetti, P., & Fracasso, G., 2006. Ornitologia Italiana. Identificazione, distribuzione, consistenza e movimenti degli uccelli italiani. Vol. III. Stercoraiidae - Caprimulgidae. Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna). 8vo, 23.8 cm. Pp. xvi,437,  numerous col. photos, drawings, distrib. maps and diagrs., refs., bibl., gloss., Italian/Latin/English index, CD in rear cover pocket with index booklet. Hardbound in pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 48.00

  42.          Brichetti, P., & Fracasso, G., 2007. Ornitologia Italiana. Identificazione, distribuzione, consistenza e movimenti degli uccelli italiani. Vol. IV. Apodidae - Prunellidae. Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna). 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. xviii,441, numerous col. photos, drawings, distrib. maps and diagrs., refs., bibl., gloss., Italian/Latin/English index, CD in rear cover pocket with index booklet. Hardbound in pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 48.00

  43.           Brichetti, P., & Fracasso, G., 2008. Ornitologia Italiana. Identificazione, distribuzione, consistenza e movimenti degli uccelli italiani. Vol. V. Turdidae - Cisticolidae. Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna). 8vo, 23.8 cm. Pp. xvi,429, numerous col. photos, drawings, distrib. maps and diagrs., refs., bibl., gloss., Italian/Latin/English index, CD in rear cover pocket with index booklet. Hardbound in pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 48.00 

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  44.       Brouwer, G.A., 1934. De avifauna van het Prinsenhof en omgeving (Friesland). Ardea, 23(1/2): pp. 1-50, 2 pls., 1 map, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 8.00

  45.        Brouwer, G.A., 1954. Historische gegevens over onze vroegere ornithologen en over de avifauna van Nederland. Overdruk uit Ardea, Jaargang 41, Jubileumnummer. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Pp. 225, 35 pls., 12 illus. in text, notes, bibl., indexes. Orig. wrs. - € 22.50
       
  46.         Brouwer, G.A., 1965. Some data on the status of the Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia L., in Europe, especially in the Netherlands. Zool. Meded. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 39: pp. 481-521, 1 pl., 6 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 6.50
         
  47.         Bryant, H.C., 1914. A survey of the breedings grounds of ducks in California in 1914. The Condor, 16(5): pp. 217-239, 9 photos in text. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - With name and signature of the Durch naturalist W.C. van Heurn (1887-1972) with notice "1918, Nov., San Francisco" and some pencilled notes in his hand. -  € 5.00

  48.         Buekers, P.G., 1921. De nesten en eieren van onze vogels. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Small 8vo. Pp. xxiv,125, 32 pls. of eggs (mostly coloured), 25 photos of nests on plates (incl. frontisp.), index. Orig. cloth. A bit loose in binding, good otherwise. - Coloured plates derived from ‘Eggs and nests of British birds’ by Frank Finn. ­- € 15.00

  49.         Burleigh, T.D., 1972. Birds of Idaho. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. Large 8vo. Pp. xiv,467, 12 photogr. colour plates, 1 map and 21 photos in text, bibl., index. Orig. cloth in pictorial dust-jacket.  - Only edition. - € 35.00

  50.          Campbell, B., & Ferguson-Lees, J., 1972. A field-guide to birds’ nests. With the assistance of Henry Mayer-Cross. Bird drawings by D.I.M. Wallace. London: Constable. Pp. xiv,545, 8 plates of photos, 234 bird drawings, numerous distrib. maps and breeding time charts, index. Hardbound in dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  51.         Campbell, B., 1974. The dictionary of birds in colour. Photographs from Ardea Photographics, London, and Aquila Photographics, David Attenborough, Biophotos, [...]. London: Michael Joseph. 4to. Pp. 352, 1008 col. photos, text figs., index. Hardbound.  - First printing. - € 19.50

  52.         Campbell, W., 1977. Birds of town and vilage. Paintings by Basil Ede. [Seventh impression.] London: Country Life Books. 4to, 28cm. Pp. 156, 36 col. pls. Orig. boards in pict. dust-jacket. Fine. - € 16.00
      
  53.         Cate, C. ten, Slater, P.J.B., & Kruijt, J.P., 1993. Conference Proceedings: Song learning and imprinting: an inquiry into the mechanisms of behavioural development. Haren (University of Groningen, NL), 22-24 July 1992. [Netherlands Jour. Zool., 43(1-2).] Utrecht. Pp. 234, diagrs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 19.50

  54.          Cavé, A.J., 1968. The breeding of the Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus L., in the reclaimed area Oostelijk Flevoland. Netherl. Jour. Zool., 18(3): pp. 313-407, 7 pls., 11 figs. and diagrs., tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 8.00

  55.         Cerny, W., & Drchal, K., 1973. Welke vogel is dat? Een gids voor vogelliefhebbers. Voor Nederland bewerkt door M.A. IJsseling. Zutphen: Thieme. 8vo, 19.3cm. Pp. 343, 790 col. figs., 64 col. photos of eggs and nests, 336 distribution charts, indexes. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  56.         Chapman, F.M., 1921. The distribution of bird life in the Urubamba Valley of Peru, [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 117.] Washington. Pp. 138, fold. frontisp. map, 7 pls. of photos of biotopes, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 16.00

  57.         Check-list of North American birds. Prepared by a Commottee of the American Ornithologist's Union. Fourth edition. Lancaster, Pa.: AOU. 8vo, 23.3cm. Pp. xx,526, notes & refs., index. Orig. cloth. Very good. - € 15.00

  58.         Chernel von Chernelháza, S., 1912. Ein Brief von italienischen Vogelmarkt. Separatum aus Aquila, Band XIX. Budapest: V. Hornyansszky [for] Königl. Ungar. Ornithologische Centrale. 8vo, 20.6cm. Pp. 19. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 6.00

  59.         Christiansen, A., 1934. Fugleriget i Vesterhavet. Indtryk fra et kystfuglefristed. Copenhagen: C.EG. Gad. 8vo, 24.6cm. Pp. 110, many photos in text. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 10.00

  60.         Coker, R.E., 1920. Habits and economic relations of the guano birds of Peru. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 56: 449-511, 1 map, 25 photos on 17 pls. New plain wrs. - € 11.50

  61.         Comes, P., & Goethe, F., 1978. Die ornitho-ökologischen Verhältnisse im Seevogelschützgebiet Scharhorn und im Scharhorn-Neuwerk-Watt. [Hamburg. Küstenforsch., 38.] Hamburg. 4to. Pp. 109, 36 photos, ,maps, and diagrs., 2 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 18.00

  62.         Cooper, R.P., 1966. Birds of a salt-field. Melbourne: ICI. Pp. viii,62,[6], coloured frontispiece, 49 (some col.) photos, index. Orig. stiff wrappers. - € 11.50

  63.         Corti, U.A., 1945. Die Vögel des Kantons Tessin. [Boll. Soc. Ticin. Sci. Nat., 39-40.] Bellinzona. Pp. 366, 112 pls. of photos, index. Orig. wrs. - € 32.50

  64.         Cox, J., 1985. Observations on falconry and Pakistan. Karachi: Pilot Publishing. 8vo, 23.78cm. Pp. 106, 20 photos and drawings, 7 figs., gloss., short bibl., index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 20.00

  65.         Creutz, G., editor, 1949. Beiträge zur Vogelkunde.  Leipzig: Geest & Portig. 8vo, 21cm. Pp. viii,280, several figs. and photos, author index, bird names index. Plain new stiff wrs., orig. printed front cover mounted. - Collection of 9 papers on various ornithological subjects with regard to Saxony and Lausitz (eastern Germany) dedicated to Erwin Stresemann on occasion of his 60th birthday. - € 15.00

  66.         Cruson, E.S., 1976. Checklist of the birds of the World. A complete list of the species, with names, authorities, and areas of distribution. With the assistance of Richard A. Foster. London: Collins. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. xii,212, index of English and Latin generic names, bibl., end-paper maps. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 13.50
            
  67.         Deignan, H.G., 1963. Checklist of the birds of Thailand. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 226.] Washington. Pp. xii,263, 1 map, index. Orig. wrs. - € 19.25

  68.         Delacour, J., 1930. On the birds collected during the Fifth Expedition to French Indo-China. The Ibis, Ser. 12, 6: pp. 564-599, 2 photos on 1 pl., 2 chromolith. pls. 8vo. Extract, plain new wrs., uncut. Last page in old typescript copy. - € 15.00
    The first plate shows Otus spilacephalus siamensis and O. spil. latouchii, the second Actinodure soulieu griseinucha and A. ramsayi yunnanensis.

  69.         Delacour, J., 1954. The waterfowl of the World. With contributions by Hildegarde Howard, Milton W. Weller, Philip S. Humphrey, and George A. Clark, Jr. Volume four. London: Cpuntry Life. 4to, 24.5cm. Pp. 364, col. frontisp., 5 col. pls., 10 monochr. pls., 37 figs., refs., index. Orig. cloth. Without dust-jacket but very good otherwise. - € 35.00
     Final volume of this handbook, covering the general subjects: general habits, reproductive cycle, ecology, distribution and species relationships, fowling, conservation and management, aviculture, domestic waterfowl, anatomy of the waterfowl, fossil Anseriformes, corrections and additions.
            
  70.         Devillers, P., et al., 1988. Atlas van de Belgische broedvogels. Brussel. Oblong large 8vo. Pp. 395, 174 full-page distrib. maps, bibl., indexes. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 19.50

  71.         Diamond, J.M., 1969. Preliminary results of an ornithological exploration of the North Coastal Range, New Guinea. [Amer. Mus. Novit., 2365.] New York: American Museum of Natural History. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. 57, 9 distrib. maps and 9 tabs. in text, refs. Plain new wrs. - € 9.00

  72.         Dijk, A.J. van, & Os, B.L.J. van, editors, 1982. Vogels van Drenthe. Assen: Van Gorcum [for] Stichting Werkgroep Avifauna Drenthe. Small 4to. Pp. xvi,348, 304 distrib. charts and diagrs., several drawings of birds, 1 fold. colourd map in pocket, bibl., indexes. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 21.50

  73.         Dijksen, A.J., & Dijksen, L.J., 1977. Texel vogeleiland. [Bibl. Kon. Nederl. Natuurhist. Ver., 25.] Zutphen: Thieme. Large 8vo. Pp. 246, 23 col. photos on 8 pls., many photos and drawings in text, 36 diagrs., refs., index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 22.50
  74.         Dolgushin, I.A., editor, 1962. Ptitsy Kazakhstana. Tom II. [Otides, Limicolae, Lariformes, Columbae, Pterocletes, Galliformes, Falconiformes, Striges.] Alma-Ata: Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR. 4to, 26cm. Pp. 780, 6 col. pls., 390 illus. in text (drawings, photos, distrib. maps). Orig. rexine. - In Russian. -  € 45.00

  75.         Dwight, J., Jr., 1900. The sequence of plumages and moults of the Passerine birds of New York. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 13(1): pp. 7-360, 7 pls. of photos, bibl. Orig. wrs., unopened. Spine neatly mended. - € 14.75

  76.         Elter O., 1986. La collezione ornitologica del Museo di Zoologia dell’Università di Torino. [Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., VIII.] Torino. Pp. 513,[3], 5 col. pls., 4 figs. Orig. wrs. - € 22.50

  77.         Engholm, W.A., 1897. Om fågellivet i Sjön Tåkern. Bih. Kgl. Sevnska Vet.-Akad., Afd. IV, 22(5).] Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt. Pp. 55, 1 double-page map. Plain wrs. - € 9.00

  78.         Erickson, M.M., 1938. Territory, annual cycle, and numbers in a population of wren-tits (Chamaea fasciata). Univ. California Publ. Zool., 42(5): pp. 247-334, 16 photos on 6 pls., 16 figs., refs. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 14.00

  79.         Ferensa, B., editor, 1967. Klucze do oznaczania kregowców Polski. Czesk IV-A. Ptaki - Aves. Non-Passeriformes. Kraków. 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. 414, 221 figs., indexes. - "Determination keys to the fauna of Poland." Polish text. - € 22.50

  80.         Ferensa, B., editor, 1971.  Klucze do oznaczania kregowców Polski. Czesk IV-B. Ptaki - Aves.  Passeriformes. Kraków. 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. 249, 128 figs., indexes. - "Determination keys to the fauna of Poland." Polish text. - € 19.50

  81.         Fichtner, G., 1931. Die Verbreitung des Weissen Storches in Sachsen östlich der Elbe. Sitzungsber. Abh. Naturwiss. Ges. Isis Dresden, Jg. 1930: pp. 67-120, 11 photos on 6 pls., tabs.  in text. Journal issue wrs. - € 10.00

  82.         Flower, S.S., & Nicoll, M.J., 1918. The principal species of birds protected by law in Egypt. Cairo: Government Press [for] Ministry of Agriculture. Small 4to, 27cm. Pp. iv,8, 25 figs. on 8 fine coloured plates. Orig. printed stiff wrs. - € 15.00

  83.         Fokken, A., [c. 1990]. Die Vogelwelt des Bramwaldes, der Oberweser unf des Stadtgebietes Münden. [Münden: published by the author, n.d.] 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 158, many pen-and-ink drawings, short bibl., index. Orig. stiff wrs. Fine. - € 18.00

  84.         Frade, F., & Bacelar, A., 1959. Catálogo das aves da Guiné Portuguesa. II. Passeres. [Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., Est. Zool., Ser. 2, 7.] Lisboa. Small 4to, 25.5cm. Pp. 116, index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 15.00

  85.         Friedmann, H., 1937. Birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Ethiopia and Kenya Colony. Part 2. Passeres. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 152(2).] Washington. Pp. xii,506, col. frontisp., 14 pls. of photos, 30 distrib. maps, refs., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. Little cover wear, contents good. - € 34.50

  86.         Friedmann, H., 1960. The parasitic weaverbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 223.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,196, 4 col. pls., 12 pls. of halftone photos, bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. Small stain on front cover, good otherwise. - € 19.50
     
  87.         Friedmann, H., 1963. Host relations of the parasitic cowbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 233.] Washington. 8vo. 23.5cm. Pp. x,274, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.50
      
  88.         Friedmann, H., 1968. The evolutionary history of the avian genus Chrysococcyx. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 265.] Washington. Pp. viii,137, 12 figs. on 2 coloured pls., 4 figs. tabs., refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 17.50

  89.         Friedmann, H., 1963. Host relations of the parasitic cowbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 233.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,274, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.50

  90.         Galbraith, I.C.J., 1956. Variation, relationship and evolution in the Pachycephala pectoralis superspecies (Aves, Muscicapidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4(4): pp. 131-222, 6 figs. in text and on 1 fold. annex, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 14.00

  91.         Gallagher, H., 1978. De spreeuw. [Dieren dichterbij, 5.] Utrecht : Het Spectrum. Pp. 208, 75 drawings, photos, and diagrs., bibl. of 311 items, index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 12.50

  92.         Gargett, V., 1990. The Black Eagle. A study. Randburg: Acorn Books. 8vo. Pp. 279, frontisp., 40 col. photogr. pls., 53 figs., 60 tabs., bibl., index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 45.00

  93.         Gariboldi, A., Andreotti, A., & Bogliani, G., 2004. La conservazione degli uccelli in Italia. Strategie e azioni. Bologna. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 23.8cm. Pp. xvi,590, numerous colour photos, drawings, diagrams, tables and maps, refs. Hardbound, pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 25.00
    Exhaustive and authoritative  work on the protection and conservation of birds in Italy.

  94.         Gariboldi, A., & Ruggieri, L., editors, 2004. Le aquile non hanno orologi. Bologna. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. xviii,164, 33 full-page reproductions of paintings by Marco Preziosi, pictorial end-papers. Hardbound, laminated pict. boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 24.00
    "Racconti e posie come un diario in emozioni, le emozioni che nascono osservando l'affascinante e sorprendente mondo degli uccelli [...]" (cover text).  

  95.         Gariboldi, A., 2006. Il comportamento degli uccelli d'Europa. Bologna. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. xxii,545, very numerous watercolours and black & white drawings throughout text, bibl., name index. hardbound, pictorial laminated boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 49.50 

  96.         Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1832. Considérations sur les caractères employés en ornithologie pour la distinction des genres, des familles et des ordres, et détermination de plusieurs genres nouveaux. N. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pais, Série 3, 1 : pp. 357-397. 4to. New plain wrappers. - € 30.00

  97.         Le Gerfaut. Revue Belge d’Ornithologie. Volumes 25-33. Bruxelles, 1935-1943. Large 8vo. In original issues. - € 70.00

  98.         Gessner, Conrad, 1669 (1981). Vollkommenes Vogel-Buch, darstellend eine warhafftige und nach dem Leben vorgerissene Abbildung aller, so wol in den Lüfften und Klüfften als in den Wäldern und Feldern, und sonsten auf den Wassern und daheim in den Häusern, nicht nur in Europa, sondern auch in Asia, Africa, America, und deren neu-erfundenen Ost- und West-Indischen Insulen, sich enthaltender zahmer und wilder Vögel und Fieder-Viehes […]. Anjetzo aber nach dem Lateinischen Drucke von neuem übersehen an gar vielen Orten […] verbessert und […] in eine recht deutliche und saubere Teutsche Sprache gebracht […] auch mit sehr vielen neuen Figuren theils bekannter meistentheils aber fremder und ausländischer gar seltsamer Vögel und ihrer Beschreibung gezieret und vermehret durch Georgium Horstium M.D. […]. Frankfurt a.M.: W. Serlin, facsimile reprint Hannover: Schlüter. Thick (6.5cm) folio, 33.8cm. Pp. [vi],380,[iv],212,[14],[5], engraved frontispiece, numerous large (some full-page) woodcuts, index. Orig. simile-vellum boards. - € 75.00
    Well produced facsimile reprint of one of the finest classics in ornithological literature, with a short postface by Werner Steinigeweg. This work formed vol. II of a collected and extended German edition of Gesner’s works entitled “Gesneri redivivi, aucti et emendati”. The original edition appeared in Latin in 1555 entitled “De avium natura” as the third volume of his five-volume “Animalium historia”.

  99.         Gibson, E., 1920. Further ornithological notes from the neighbourhood of Cape San Antonio, Province of Buenos Ayres. Part III. Phoenicopteridae-Rheidae. The Ibis, Ser. II, 2(1): pp. 1-97. Plain new wrs., uncut. Last 8 lines of text (= p. 97) in old typescript copy. - € 12.50

  100.         Glenister. A.G., 1974. The birds of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Penang. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. xiv,291, 13 col. pls. (incl. frontisp.), 74 drawings and photos, 1 map, index. Orig. laminated stiff wrappers. Very good.- € 15.00
    Fifth reprint of the first edition of 1952 (second reprint in paperback). 

  101.         Godfrey, W.K., 1950. Birds of the Cypress Hills and Plotten Lake regions, Saskatchewan. [Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada, 120.] Ottawa. 8vo, 24.8cm. Pp. iv,94, 4 photos, 2 maps, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  102.         Goldbach, R., & Hansen, K., 1980. De zilvermeeuw. [Vertaling en bewerking: Rob Goldbach.] [Kosmos Vogelmonogr.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vvo, 25cm. Pp. 95, numerous photos, figs., drawings and maps throughout., short bibl. Orig. stiff pict. wrs. - € 10.00

  103.         Gooders, J., 1974. Where to watch birds in Europe. In collaboration with Jeremy Brock. New York: Taplinger. Pp. 299, 25 photogr. plates, 27 maps, geographical index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 9.50

  104.         Grenquist, P., 1940. Studien über die Vogelfauna des Schärenhofkirchspiels Kökar, Åland. Acta Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn., 62: pp. 1-132, 12 photos, 15 maps. Wrappers. - € 14.75

  105.         Greppin, L., 1902. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Avifauna im Kanton Solothurn. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn, 1:  pp. 5-135. Orig. printed wrs.  - € 17.50

  106.         Greppin, L., 1906. Versuch eines Beitrages zur Kenntnis der geistigen Fähigkeiten unserer einheimischen Vögel und Notizen über deren Verbreitung in der Umgebung von Solothurn. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn, Ber., 15(3): pp. 1-206, bibl. Orig. wrs.  - € 20.00

  107.         Groppali, R., 2007. Uccelli predatori di insetti. Bologna. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. xviii,335, numerous col. plates and photos, diagrs., bibl., indexes. Hardbound, laminated pictorial boards. New copies available from ready stock. - € 25.00
    "Indagine e considerazioni su circa 21.000 insetti e 1.000 invertebrati contenuti in 1.521 stomaci di 204 specie italiane."  Among the illustrations are several full-page colour reproductions of plates of insects and black & white wood-engravings of bird species from 19th century books.

  108.         Haar, A.A. ter, 1909. Handboek voor den nuthoenfokker. Groningen: P. Noordhoff. Large 8vo, 24cm. Pp. viii,474,[2,blank],[8,adverts.], 150 drawings, index. Contemp. plain quarter cloth, printed title label on backstrip. Small repair to rear cover, one gathering bound upside down, good otherwise. - First and best edition, the second and last edition (1920) was a bit abridged. - € 50.00
      
  109.         Haartman, L. von, 1952. Über ungepaarte Männchen in Grenzpopulationen der Kleinvögel. Acta Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn., 69(1): pp. 1-28, 4 maps, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 4.00

  110.         Hachisuka, M., & Udagawa, T., 1953. Contribution to the ornithology of the Ryukyu Islands. Quart. Jour. Taiwan Mus., 6(3-4): pp. 141-279, 1 sketch map. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 18.50

  111.         Hafner, F., 1994. Das Steinhuhn in Kärnten. Ökologie, Verhalten und Lebensraum. [Carinthia II, Sonderheft 52.] Klagenfurt. 8vo, 23cm. Pp. 135, 86 illus. in text (incl. many colour photos), refs., bibl. Orig. stiff pictorial wrs. - € 15.00

  112.         Hagen, Y., 1952. The gyr-falcon (Falco r. rusticolus L.) in Dovre, Norway. Some breeding records and food studies. [Skrift. Norske Vid.-Akad. Oslo, I. Kl., 1952 No. 4.] Oslo: J. Dybwad. Large 8vo, 27cm. Pp. 37, 8 pls. of photos, 1 sketch map in text, refs. Orig. printed wrs.  - € 12.00

  113.         Harkness, R., & Murdoch, C., 1971. Birds of prey in the field. A guide to the British and European species. Illustrated with drawings by the authors and photographs by Eric Hosking, Lennart Norström, and Arne Schmitz. London: H.F. & G. Witherby. Pp. 208, 24 pls. of photos, many drawings, index. Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 11.50

  114.         Harnisch, E., 1929. Der Vogelzug im Lichte der modernen Forschung. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Pp. viii,131,[5], 15 pls. of photos, 15 figs., bibl. Orig. cloth. - € 13.50

  115.         Harris, M.P., & Norman, F.I., 1981. Distribution and status of coastal colonies of seabirds in Victoria. Mem. Natl. Mus. Victoria, 42: pp. 89-106, 3 sketch maps, tabs., refs. Small 4to. Wrs. - € 4.00

  116.         Haverschmidt, F., 1942. Faunistisch overzicht van de Nederlandse broedvogels. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. viii,136, 12 photos on 7 pls., 10 maps in text, name index. Orig. wrs., uncut. Part of binding covered with adhesive transparent plastic, blank verso of last plate laid down on inside of rear cover, good otherwise. - € 15.00
    With name stamp and ms. signature of the Frisian ornithologist Tsjeard Geales de Vries (1879-1958).

  117.         Haverschmidt, F., 1955. List of the birds of Surinam. [Publ. Found. Sci. Res. Surinam & Netherl. Antilles, 13.] Utrecht. Pp. 153, 2 portraits, 2 pls., 1 map, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 16.00

  118.         Heintzelman, D.S., 2004. Guide to hawk watching in North America. Gilford, Ct.: Falcon. 8vo, 22.7cm. Pp. xviii,425, many photos, sopme sketch maps, bibl., index. Orig. laminated stiff wrs. - € 12.50

  119.         Hens, P.A., 1965. Avifauna van de Nederlandse provincie Limburg, benevens een vergelijking met die der aangrenzende gebieden. Tweede herziene druk. [Publ. Natuurhist. Gen. Limburg, 15.] Maastricht. 4to. Pp. 528, few photos and 2 maps in text, bibl. New cloth. - € 35.00

  120.          Herman, O., 1905. Recensio critico automatica of the doctrine of bird-migation. Budapest: Royal Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture / Hungarian Central Office for Ornithology. 4to, 30cm. Pp. x,73, 1 fold. map, index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 20.00
    Cf. Stresemann p. 335 (Engl. ed.). Gebhardt p. 151.

  121.          Herman, O., 1909. Eine Skizze der Tätigkeit der Königlich Ungarischen Ornithologischen Centrale. Aquila, 1909: pp. [ii],1-47, 5 maps on 4 pls., refs. 4to, 29.3cm. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 12.50
    Hungarian and German parallell text printed in double columns.

  122.          Herring, R., 1932. Fuglene ved de danske Fyr i 1930. 48de Aarsberetning om danske Fuglene. Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 92: pp. 385-454. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 6.00

  123.          Hodgson, M., et al., 1991. Birds in Northumbria. 1990 Northumberland Bird Report. [No. pl.:] Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club. 8vo, 21cm. Pp. 108, some drawings. Orig. pictorial stiff wrs.  - € 7.50

  124.          Hoffmann, L., 1953. Form und Entstehung des Zeichungsmusters dunenjunger Flußseeschwalben. Rev. Suis. Zool., 60(4): pp. 653-706, 16 figs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.00

  125.          Holgersen, H., 1956. On a collection of birds from N' Zérékoré, French Guinea. [Sterna, 25.]  Stavanger: Stavanger Museum. 8vo. Pp. 19. Orig. wrs. - € 3.00

  126.          Hollom, P.A.D., 1988. The popular handbook of British birds. [Fifth revised edition.] London: H.F. & G. Witherby. Pp. xxvi,486, 360 coloured illus. on 120 plates,. 8 plain pls., 23 (16 col.) pls. of egges, many drawings in text, index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 20.00

  127.         Hørring, R., 1912-1919. Fuglene ved de danske Fyr i 1911 [-1918]. (29de [-37te] Aarsberetning om danske Fygle. Vid. Medd. SDansk Naturhist. Foren., 64-71. Total of 509, pp., 2 double-page maps. 8 offprints, 8vo. Few faint rust marks by paperclip in margin, good otherwise. - € 20.00

  128.         Hosking, E., & Newberry, C., 1945. Birds of the night. With a chapter on the eyes and ears of owls by Stuart G. Smith. London: Collins. 4to. Pp. 128, frontisp., 85 photos, figs., index. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  129.         Hosking, E., & MacDonnell, K., 1979. A passion for birds. Fifty years of photographing wildlife. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. 4to. Pp. 224, numerous magnificent photos (partly in colour and/or full-page). Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  130.         Hue, F., & Etchécopar, R.D., 1970. Les oiseaux du Proche et du Moyen Orient, de la Méditerranée aux contreforts de l’Himalaya. Illustré par Paul Barruel. Paris: N. Boubée. Pp. 948,[4], numerous col. figs. on 32 pls., 356 drawings, 429 distrib. charts, 3 maps (incl. frontispiece), bibl., indexes. Orig. cloth in slightly marked dust-jacket. - € 75.00

  131.         Hume, R., 1994. Europese vogels in hun biotoop. Nederlandse bewerking Arnoud B. van den Berg. Utrecht : Het Spectrum. Large 8vo, 24.3cm. Pp. 240, col. frontisp., many large photos of biotopes, numerous col. figs. of bird species and some other figs., species index. Orig. pictorial laminated boards. € 17.50

  132.         Hustings, F., 1990. Broedvogels van Savelsbos en Bunderbos in 1990. [SOVON-Rapport 1990/13.] Beek-Ubbergen: SOVON. 4to. Pp. [ii],127, many distrib. maps, figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  133.         Hustings, F., et al., 2008. Watervogels in Nederland in 2006/2007. [Waterdienst-rapport 28898.061. / SOVON-monitoringrapport 2008.04.] Beek-Ubbergen: SOVON. 4to, 29.8cm. Pp. 176, numerous tabs. and diagrs., some photos, refs. Orig. wrs. Fine. - € 17.50     
            
  134.         Ilychev, V.D., editor, 1976. Koltsevanie v izuchenii migratsii ptits fauny SSSR. Moskva: Nauka. 8vo, 21.7cm. Pp. 256, 86 figs. and photos, bibl. Orig. boards. -  € 22.50
    ¶  Russian text. "Ringing in the study of bird migration in the USSR."
  135.         James, H.B., 1892. A new list of Cilian birds compiled by the late Harry Berkeley James [...]. With a preface by P.L. Sclater. Printed for private use. London: Taylor & Francis. Large 8vo, 26.2cm. Pp. viii,15. Plain new wrs. - Rare. - € 15.oo
  136.         Joensen, A.H., & Preuss, N.O., 1972. Report on the Ornithological Expedition to Northwest Greenland 1965. [Medd. om Grønl., 191(5).] Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. Large 8vo. Pp. 58, 4 plates, 20 figs., 4 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs.  -  € 13.50

  137.         Johnsgard, P.A., 1983. The Grouse of the World. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 4to. Pp. xvi,413, frontisp., 72 (partly col.) photos, 31 (partly compos.) drawings, refs., index. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 39.50

  138.         Jong, M. de, 1968. Vogelnesten en eieren. Bussum: J.A. van Dishoeck. Pp. 151, 8 col. pls., many drawings by Rein Stuurman, index. Orig. laminated stiff wrs. - € 9.50

  139.         Junge, G.C.A., & Kooiman, J.G., 1951. On a collection of birds from the Khwae Noi Valley, Western Siam. [Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 15.] Leiden: E.J. Brill. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 38, 1 sketch map, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 5.00
  140.         Junge, G.C.A., & Mees, G.F., 1958. The avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago. [Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 37.] Leiden: E.J. Brill. 8vo. Pp. [ii],172, 1 fold. map. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. -  € 23.00
  141.         Kate, C.G.B. ten, 1936. De vogels van het Zuiderzeegebied. (Publ. Club Zuiderzee-Waarnemers, 10.) Overgedrukt uit Flora en Fauna der Zuiderzee, Supplement. [No pl.] 4to, 27.5cm. Pp. 82, 26 photos on 8 pls., 10 figs. Orig. printed wrs. Small edge repair to front cover. - € 12.50

  142.         Kearton, J., 1931. Bird life in England. [London:] P. Allan. Pp. xii,237,[7,adverts.], frontisp., 44 plates of photos. Orig. cloth. Small patch of browning on free end-papers, very good otherwise. - € 13.50

  143.         Keller, F.C., 1889-1890. Ornis Carinthiae. Die Vögel Kärntens. Jahrb. Naturhist. Landes-Mus. Kärnten, 37: pp. [iv],177-248; 38: pp. [iv],1-265, bibl., index. Two parts (complete) in one volume, new boards. - Rare. - € 75.00

  144.         Kerr, I., & Johnston, A., editors, 1995. Birds in Northumbria. The 1994 bird report for Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside. [Newcastle upon Tyne.] 8vo, 21cm. Pp. 103, some pen-and-ink drawings. Orig. pictorial stiff wrs. - € 9.00

  145.         Kidder, J.H., 1875-1876. Contributions to the natural history of Kerguelen Island, made in connection with the American Transit-of-Venus Expedition, 1874-1875. I. Ornithology. [and] II. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 2 & 3.] Washington: Government Printing Office. 8vo, 23 cm.  Vol. 1: pp. x,51; vol. 2: pp. 122, index. Two parts in one volume, plain new wrs. Stitch marks of former binding in inner margin, very good otherwise. - € 45.00
    The second part deals with oölogy (pages 7-20) and animal groups other than birds.

  146.         Klaas, E.E., ,1968. Summer birds of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., 17(14): pp. 579-611, 1 fig., refs. Plain wrs. - € 6.00

  147.             Knox, R., 1823. Observations on the anatomical structure of the Cassowary of New Holland (Casuarius Nova Hollandiae, Cuv.). Read before the Wernerian Natural History Society, 26th April 1823. Extracted from the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. [Edinburgh: J. Constable.] 8vo. Pp. [ii],9, 3 figs. of windpipe and trachea on 1 engraved plate. Side-stitched in contemporary plain blue wrs., uncut. Spine neatly mended, good otherwise. - Inscribed: "To Monsieur The Baron Cuvier, Perpetual Secretary in the Institute of France, with the Author's respects". - € 50.00

  148.         Koenig, A., 1932. Die Schwimmvögel (Natatores) Aegyptens. Die Ruderfüsser (Steganopodes) Aegyptens. Die Flügeltäucher (Urinatores) Aegyptens. Schlussbeitrag zur Vogelfauna Aegyptens. [Jour. Ornith., 80. Jahrg., Sonderheft.] Berlin: R. Friedländer. Pp. viii,237, 4 plates. Orig. wrs., uncut.  - € 34.50

  149.         Kovshar, A.F., editor, 1974. Ptitsy Kazakhstana. Tom V. [Oriolidae, Sturnidae, Corvidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Plocidae.] Alma-Ata: Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR. 4to, 26cm. Pp. 480, several figs. on 5 col. pls., 142 illus. in text (drawings, photos, distrib. maps), extensive bibl. covering pp. 412-468, index of geogr. names, index of taxon. names. Orig. rexine.  - Russian text. - € 35.00

  150.         Kovshar, A.F., 1979. Pevchie ptitsy v subvisokogorye Tyan-Shanya. Alma-Ata: Instytut Zoologii. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. 310,[2], 28 photos on 14 pls., several drawings in text, bibl. Orig. cloth. - € 20.00
    ¶  Russian text. "Song birds of the subalpine regions of Tien-Shan. Essays on summer life of the type species." 

  151.         Kozlova, E.V., 1957. Charadriiformes: Alcae. (Fauna SSSR. Ptitsy. Tom II, pt. 3.) [Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, N.S., 65.] Moskva. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 144, 83 photos, drawings and distrib. maps in text, bibl., taxon. index. Orig. cloth. - Russian text. - € 20.00        

  152.         Krebbs, K., 2002. Hummingbirds, beauty in flight. Lincolnwood, Illinois. Large square 4to, 30x30cm. Pp. 128, many large (some full-page) col. photos throughout, index. Orig. pictorial boards in dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  153.         Kuhlmann, H., 1935. Die Vogelwelt des Ravensberger Landes u. der Senne. Beiträge zur Avifuna. Abh. Westfäl. Prov.-Mus. Naturk. [Münster], 6(1): pp. 1-65, 1 sketch map, index. Journal issue, orig. wrs. Paper margins a bit browned and partly brittle (few short tears), good otherwise. - € 15.00
  154.         Kullenberg, B., 1946. Über Verbreitung und Wanderungen von vier Sterna-Arten. [Ark. f. Zool., 38A(17).] Stockholm. 8vo. Pp. 80, 19 figs., refs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 9.00

  155.         Kumari, K., et al., editors, 1974. Estonian wetlands and their life. (Estonian Contributions to the International Biological Programme, No. 7.) Tallinn: "Valgus". 8vo, 20cm. Pp. 288, many photos and figs. in text, refs., bibl. Orig. laminated pictorial wrs. - € 18.00
    ¶  Mostly on bird life (8 papers) and peat-bog related subjects (5 papers).
  156.         Kumlien, L., & Hollister, N., 1903. The birds of Wisconsin. [Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc., N.S., 3(1-3).] Milwaukee, Wisc. 8vo, 22.5cm. Pp. iv,143, 8 photogr. pls., indexes. Orig. printed wrs. - € 15.00 
     
  157.         Kuusisto, P., 1941. Studien über die Ökologie und Tagesrhytmik von Phylloscopus trochilus acredula (L.), mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Brutbiologie. [Acta Zool. Fenn., 31.] Helsingfors. Pp. viii,120, 10 tabs., 23 diagrs., 1 portr., refs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 13.50

  158.         Lansdown, P.G., 1975. Gulls at Blackpill, West Glamorgan. Swansea: published by the author. 4to. Pp. iv,26 printed by stencil from typescript original, 8 drawings. Wrs. - € 6.50

  159.         Lanyon, W.E., 1988. A phylogeny of the thirty-two genera in the Elaenia assemblage of tyrant flycatchers. [Amer. Mus. Novit., 2914.] New York. 8vo. Pp. 57, 26 illus. in text (mostly composite photos), tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 9.00

  160.         Lawrence, G.N., 1875. Birds of Southwestern Mexico. Collected by Francis E. Sumichrast for the United States National Museum. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 4.] Washington: Government Printing Office. 8vo, 23cm. Pp. 56, index. Plain new wrs. - € 10.00
  161.         Lebret, T., 1979. Biesbosch-vogels. Uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het tachtigjarig bestaan van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels. Amsterdam: Kosmos. Small square 4to, 25cm. Pp. 124, many photos (some col.), end-paper maps. Orig. pictorial laminated boards. - € 12.50

  162.         Le Messurier, A., 1904. Game, shore, and water birds of India. With additional references to their allied species in other parts of the world. Fifth edition. London: W. Thacker. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi,324, 180 illus. in text, 5 fold. tabs., index. New cloth. Some light foxing, some unobtrusive worm traces to last few pages. - € 42.50

  163.         Lescuyer, Jean François (1820-1887). Les oiseaux dans les harmonies de la Nature. Se vend au bénéfice des pauvres. Paris: Victor Palmé; Saint-Dizier: Firmin Marchand, 1872. 8vo, 22.3cm. Pp. 109,[7]. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. Spine mended, covers foxed, contrents good. - € 20.00

  164.         Lesson, R.-P., 1913. Articles d’ornithologie parus dans l’Echo du Monde savant de 1842 à 1845. Réimpression faite par les soins de A. Ménégaux. Paris: Edition de la Revue française d’Ornithologie. 12mo. Pp. 280, frontispiece portrait. New wrs. - € 15.00
  165.         Lherminier, Ferdinand Joseph (1802-1866). Recherches sur l'appareil sternal des oiseaux, considéré sous le double rapport de l'ostéologie et de la myologie; suivie d'un essai contenant une distribution nouvelle de ces vertébrés basée sur la considération de la forme du sternum et de ses annexes. Seconde édition. Paris: Desbeausseaux, 1828. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. 108,[2], 37 detailed figs. on 4 fold. engraved pls. New boards lined with blue vergé paper, printed title label on backstrip, uncut. Half-title thumbed, good otherwise. - € 95.00
    ¶  Ronsil 1788, p. 299. The first edition appeared  the year before in the 'Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris'. The author and his father were noted naturalists who made important contributions to the botany and ornithology of the Caribbean; he was born there on the island of Guadeloupe. He was a pupil of Henry Ducrotay de Blainville whose revised works he published in 1827.

  166.         Lindner, F., 1900. Grundstein zur Ornis des Fallsteingebietes. Inaugural-Dissertation von Pastor Friedrich Lindner in Osterwieck am Harz. Separatabdruck aus Jahrg. XXVI der Ornith. Monatsschrift. Osterwieck: A.W. Zickfeldt. 8vo, 22.6cm. Pp. [iv],79, 1 small map in text, index of names of species and authors. Old cloth-backed boards, orig. printed covers mounted. - With author's presentation inscription to the prominent German ornithologist Carl R. Hennicke (presentee name cut into) and his library name stamp.- € 30.00

  167.         Lövenskiold, H.L., 1964. Avifauna Svalbardensis. With a discussion of the geographic distribution of the birds in Spitsbergen and adjacent islands. [Norsk Polarinst. Skrift., 129.] Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt. Large 8vo. Pp. 460, 14 coloured and 12 halftone photos on 18 plates, 33 distribution maps and 1 fold. geographic map in pocket, tabs., extensive bibl., index. orig. printed wrappers. - €49.50

  168.         Low, G.C., 1929. Birds. (List of the vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927. Centenary edition. Volume II.) London. Pp. viii,832, index. Cloth. -  Listing 2,330 species. - € 42.50

  169.         Lowery, G.H., Jr., & Dalquest, W.W., 1951. Birds from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3(4): pp. 531-649, 7 figs., 2 tabs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 12.00

  170.         Lowery, G.H., Jr., 1951. A quantitative study of the noctural migration of birds. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3(2): pp. 361-472, 46 figs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 12.00 
  171.         Luden van Heumen, J.J., 1912. Iets over onderzoekingen naar het oeconomisch belang der vogels. Nijmegen: P.A. Geurts. 4to. Pp. 48, frontispiece. Orig. flexible cloth. - The frontispiece shows Ed. Blaauw’s collection of the contents of bird crops and stomachs. The analysis of these by Fr. Zacher covers pp. 23-41.  -    €  13.50

  172.         Lynes, H., 1933. Ornithology of the "Cercle d'Azilal" in Central Marocco. With a few notes on that of other parts of the Protectorate. (Mission de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien en 1925. II.) [Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc, 36.] Rabat. 8vo. Pp. 65, 23 photos of scenery on 7 fold. pls. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. Small repair to top of spine, good otherwise. -  14.00
                  
  173.         Madsen, F.J., 1957. On the food habits of some fish-eating birds in Denmark. Danish Rev. Game Biol., 3(2): pp. 19-83, refs. Wrs. - € 7.50

  174.         Makatsch, W., 1966. Vogels van riet en water. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Pp. 300, numerous (partly col.) photos, many drawings, index. Orig. quarter cloth in slightly worn dust-jacket. - Translated from German - € 14.50

  175.         Marshall, A.J., 1954. Bower-birds. Biol. Rev. Cambridge Philos. Soc., 29(1): pp. 1-45. 2 photos on 1 pl., 6 figs., refs. Small 4to, 25.5cm.  Journal issue wrs. - € 7.50 

  176.         Marshall, J.T., 1967. Parallel variation in North and Middle American screech-owls. [Mon. West. Found. Vert. Zool., 1.] Los Angeles: Western Foundation of Vertebvrate Zoology. 4to, 30m. Pp. [ii],72, col. photogr. frontisp., many figs. and photos, 1 sketch map, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 15.00

  177.         Mascha, D.E., 1905. The structure of wing-feathers. Smithson. Misc. Coll., 48(3): pp. 1-30, 33 photos and drawings on 16 pls., refs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 8.00

  178.         Maslow, J.E., 1987. The owl papers. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. Large 8vo. Pp. viii,184, several full-page drawings, index. Orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  179.         Mayr, E., & Schauensee, R.M. de, 1939. Birds from Northwest New Guinea. / Birds from the Western Papuan Islands. (Zoological results of the Denison-Crockett South Pacific Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1937-1938. Part IV & V.) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,  91: pp. 97-144;145-163, 1 fold. map, 3 photogr. pls. of scenery. Large 8vo. Two parts in one volume, plain new wrs., uncut. - € 9.50

  180.         Meulen, R. van der, 1957.  Over een naam van het stormvogeltje: malefijt. Meded. Kon. Akad. Wet., Afd. Lett., Serie A, 84(4):p. 115-160, notes & refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. Spine mended. - € 5.00

  181.         Meves, W., 1871. Ornithologiska iakttagelser, til större delen samlede under en resa i Nordvestra Ryssland, somaren 1869. Öfvers. Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Förh., 1871 No. 6: pp. 731-788, 2 chronmolith. pls. 8vo. Plain new wrs. - € 17.50
    The plates show the species Locustella lanceolata Temm., Phyllopneuste Middendorfii Meves, and Phyll. borealis Blas.
     
  182.         Miller, A.H., 1963. Seasonal activity and ecology of the avifauna of an American equatorial cloud forest. Univ. California Publ. Zool., 66(1): pp. 1-78, 4 photos of environments on 2 pls., 3 figs.,r efs. 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  183.         Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1933a. A Seriema. (Notas ornithologicas, XII.) / Burmeister, H. von. Contribuição para historia natural da Seriema. Rev. Mus. Paulista, 23: pp. 35-90;91-152, 32 pls. of photos and some figs. New plain stiff wrs. - € 22.50

  184.         Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1933b. Tinamidae (Inhambús, Jaós, Taós, Codornas, "Perdizes", etc.). (Notas ornithologicas, XIII.) Rev. Mus. Paulista, 23: pp. 667-788, 17 pls. of photos and drawings, notes & refs. Plain new stiff wrs. - € 17.50

  185.        Muller, A.H., 1937. Structural modifications in the Hawaiian goose (Nesochen sandvicensis). A study in adaptive evolution. [Univ. California Publ. Zool., 42(1).] Berkeley. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. iv,68, several photos on 7 pls., 12 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  186.           [ Naumann ] Hamsch, S., editor,  1980. Festschrift zum 200. Geburtstag von Johann Friedrich Naumann, 14.2.1780-15.8.1857. Berlin: Kulturbund der DDR, Zentraler Fachausschuss Ornithologie und Vogelschutz. Pp. 115, illus. in text, bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 13.50
            
  187.         Naurois, R. de, 1959. Premières recherches sur l'avifaune des Iles du Banc d'Arguin (Mauritanie). Alauda, 27(4): pp. 241-308, 9 photos on 4 pls., 11 figs., notes, refs. Author's offprint, plain new wrs. - With  author's presentation inscriprion to the Danish ornithologish Helge Volsoe. - € 8.00
     
  188.         Nes, J.G.Th. van, 1963. De eieren en nesten van onze vogels. 3e druk. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Pp. 160, 32 photos on 16 pls., 152 illus. of eggs on 19 (8 col.) pls., indexes. Orig. printed cloth. Little edge foxing, good otherwise. - € 9.50

  189.         Niethammer, G., 1944. Über die Vogelwelt Kretas. (Mit einem Beitrag zur Ökologie von O. von Wettstein.) Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 53(2): pp. 5-59, 19 photos on 4 pls., 1 fold. map, wrs. - € 11.00

  190.          Noll, H., 1956. Die Vogelwelt des Untersees. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Schaffhausen, 25: pp. [ii],273-384, 5 photogr. pls., 2 fold. tabs., 1 fold. map, bibl., index. Plain new wrs. - € 13.50
      
  191.         Noska, M., 1896.   Das kaukasische Königshuhn (Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pall.).) Eine monographische Studie. Separatabdruck aus Ornith. Jahrb. VII. Hallein. Large 8vo, 26.3cm. Pp. Pp. iv,25. Orig. printed wrs. Spine mended, little edge wear to covers, contents good. - Inscribed on front cover: "Herrn Dr. Lorenz v. Liburnau freundschaftlichst von Tschusi von Schmidthoffen". - € 10.00
        
  192.         Oberholser, H.C., 1914. A monograph of the genus Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new family of goatsuckers. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 86.] Washington. Pp. viii,123, 2 pls., 4 breedings range maps, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. Small repair to corner of front cover. - € 17.50

  193.          Oberholser, H.C., 1920. A revision of the subspecies of the white-collared kingfisher, Sauropatis chloris (Boddaert). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 55: pp. 351-395, refs. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  194.         Oberholser, H.C., 1932. The birds of the Natuna Islands. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 159.] Washington. Pp. vi,137, 1 map, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - South Chinese Sea. - € 15.00

  195.         Olson, S.L., 1973. Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). [Smithson. Contr. Zool., 152.] Washington. 4to. Pp. iv,53, 11 pls. of photos, 8 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 11.00 
           
  196.         Oordt, G.J. van, & Verwey, J., 1923. Voorkomen en trek der in Nederland in het wild waargenomen vogelsoorten. Leiden: E.J. Brill [for] Nederlandsche Ornithologische Vereeniging, 8vo, 25cm. Pp. x,96. Orig. wrs., uncut. Part of covers faded, contents good. - € 10.00

  197.         Oordt, G.J. van, 1943. Vogeltrek. Tweede, geheel herziene druk. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Small 8vo. Pp. x,245, 30 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 9.50

  198.         Oordt, G.J. van, 1960. Vogeltrek. Vierde, vermeerderde en geheel herziene druk. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Small 8vo. Pp. xii,195, 44 illus., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  199.         Oort, E.D. van, 1920. De vogeltrek en zijn tegenwoordig experimenteel onderzoek. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 8vo. Pp. 32. Orig. wrs. - Inaugural lecture. - € 4.50

  200.         Opdam, P., 1978. De havik. Geillustreerd door Henk Slijper. [Dieren dichterbij, 2.] Utrecht: Het Spectrum. Pp. 188, 1 pl., 56 illus. in text, index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 12.50

  201.         Ouellet, H. 1969. Les oiseaux de l’île Anticosti, province de Québec, Canada. [ Mus. Natl. Sci. Nat., Publ. Zool., 1.] Ottawa. Pp. x,79, 3 photos, 1 sketch map, bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 12.50         

  202.         Oustalet, E., 1872. Remarques sur l'Ibis sinensis de l'Abbé A. David. N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 8: pp. 129-138, 1 lithogr. pl. (J. Hüet del., Imp. Becquet) finely coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm. Offprint, orig. printed wrs. - € 30.00

  203.         Oustalet, E., 1874. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de brève (Pitta). N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 10: pp. 101-105, 1 lithogr. pl. (Hüet pinx., Arnoul lith.) excellently coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm. Offprint, orig. printed wrs. Very light foxing on blank part of plate only. - Deals with Pitta Elliotii, Oust., "rapporté de l'intérieur de la Cochinchine par feu M. Boussigon". - € 35.00

  204.         Parodi, R., & Pazzuconi, A., 1988. Catalogo della collezione ornitologia del Museo Friuliano di Storia Naturale. II. Nidi e uova. [Pubbl. Mus. Friul. St. Nat., 34.] Udine. Pp. 34, index. orig. wrs. - € 6.50

  205.         Parrot, C., 1905. Kritische Übersicht der palaearktischen Emberiziden. Auf Grund des in der kgl. bayerischen Staatssammlung vorhandenden Materials. [I.-II.] Ornith. Jahrb., 16(1/2): pp. 1-50; 16(3/4): pp. 81-113, notes & refs. 4to. Journal issued, orig. wrs., uncut. - € 15.00

  206.         Parrot, C., 1907. Beiträge zur Ornithologie Sumatras und der Insel Banka, mit besonderer Zugrundelegung der von Dr. Hagen aus Banka gesammelten Vögel. Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., II. Kl., 24(1): pp. 149-286, notes & refs. 4to Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 18.00

  207.         Pelzeln, A. von, 1862-1863. Übersicht der Geier und Falken der kaiserlichen ornithologischen Sammlung. I - II. Sitzungsber. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 12: pp. 123-192; 13: pp. 585-636. Two parts in one volume, new plain wrs. - € 17.50

  208.         Percival, A.B., 1902. Field-notes on birds seen and collected during eight months' stay on the Ruo and Shiré rivers, B.C.A., 1898-99. / Sclater, P.L. Remarks on two lately described Australian birds. The Ibis, Ser. 8, 2: pp. 581-608'; 608-610, 4 figs., 2 chromolithogr. pls. finished by hand. 8vo. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 16.00
    The first plate shows Eremiornis carteri, by J.G. Keulemans, the other Platycercus macgillavray, by R. Goodchild.

  209.         Peterson, R.T., & Chalif, E.L., 1973. A field guide to Mexican birds. Field marks of all species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize (British Honduras), El Salvador. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Small 8vo. Pp. xx,[2],298, numerous coloured illus. on 48 plates, index. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 19.50

  210.         Philippona, J., 1981.  De kleine rietgans. [Kosmos Vogelmonogr.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 64, 57 photos, figs., and maps, bibl. Orig. laminated stiff pictorial wrs. - € 9.00

  211.         Piersma, T., & Davidson, N., eds., 1992. The migration of knots [Clidris canutis]. Largely the proceedings of a workshop on ‘Recent advances in understanding knot migrations’, Ribe, Denmark, 21-22 September 1989. [Wader Study Group Bull., 64, Suppl.] Tring, Herts. 4to. Pp. 209, numerous photos, figs., maps, diagrs. and tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 28.50

  212.         Ploeger, P.L., 1968. Geographical differentiation in Arctic Anatidae as a result of isolation during the last Glacial. [Ardea, 56(1).] Leiden: E.J. Brill. Pp. viii,159, 6 photos on 2 pls., 37 distrib. maps in text, refs. Orig. wrs. -  Thesis. - € 18.50 

  213.         Portielje, A.F.J., 1936. Ein bemerkenswerter Grenzfall von Polygamie bzw. accessorischer Promiskuität beim Höckerschwan, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Ethologie, bzw. Psychologie von Cygnus olor (Gm.). Journ. f. Ornith., 84(1): pp. 140-158, bibl. Plain new wrs. First page in xerox copy. - € 4.00

  214.         Potapov, R.L., & Flint, V.E., editors, 1989. Galliformes. Gruiformes. (Handbuch der Vögel der Sowjetunion. Band 4.) Wittenberg: A. Ziemsen. 8vo, 23.7cm. Pp. 427 printed in double columns, several drawings on 8 col. pls., many drawings and distrib. maps in 111 illus. in text, bibl., end-paper maps. Hardbound in dust-jacket. Rear part of jacket a little scratched, very good otherwise. - € 30.00 

  215.          Preis-Liste Nr. 100 verkäuflicher palaearktischer Vogel-Eier in Gelegen und einzelnen Exemplaren zu beziehen aus der Naturalien- und Lehrmittelhandlung A. Kricheldorff, Berlin S.W. 6, Oranienstrasse 116 [...] / Priice-List of Palaearctic Birds-Eggs [sic] in clutches and single ones [...]. [Berlin, n.d., c. 1910?] 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 16. Sewen as issued. - € 10.00

  216.         Price, N., 1959. Winged builders. A book of bird lore, chiefly concerned with the nesting, building, and family habits of British birds. London: G. Ronald. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. xiv,240, 24 photogr. pls., index. Orig. cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 12.50

  217.         Rand, A.L., 1946. List of Yukon birds and those of the Canal Road. [Natl. Mus. Canada Bull., Biol. Ser., 33.] Ottawa. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,76, 1 map, index. Half cloth. - € 11.50

  218.         Rand, A.L., 1971. Die Vögel. Ornithologie populär. Übersetzt und bearbeitet von Georg Steinbacher. München: Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag. Pp. 240, 16 pls. of photos, 28 figs., 10 tabs., indexes. Orig. laminated boards. - € 14.50

  219.         Reiser, O., & Knotek, J., 1901. Ergebnisse der ornithologischen Zugsbeobachtungen in Bosnien und der Hercegovina. [Separat-Abdruck aus Wissenschaftliche Mittheilungen aus Bosnien und Hercegovina, VIII. Band.] Wien: C. Gerold. 4to. Pp. 118, tabs. Wrs. - € 13.50

  220.         Reiser, O., 1936. Erlebnisse mit dem Bartgeier (Gypaëtus barbatus) in Bosnien und der Hercegovina. Journ. f. Ornith., 84(1): pp. 159-172, 1 photo. Plain new wrs. - € 4.50

  221.         Revue Française d’Ornithologie. Publiée par A. Ménégaux. Tome IV (7e et 8e années, n° 69-92.) Orléans. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,398, illus., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. - € 25.00

  222.         Revue Française d’Ornithologie. Publiée par A. Ménégaux. Tome V (9e et 10e années, n° 93-116). Orléans, 1917-1918. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,352, illus., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. - € 22.50

  223.         Rich, P.V., 1975. Antarctic dispersal routes, wandering continents, and the origin of Australian non-passerine avifauna. Mem. Nat. Mus. Victoria, 36: pp. 63-125, 10 maps and diagrs. in text, refs. Small 4to. Plain new wrs. - € 9.50

  224.         Ridgway, R., 1875.  Outlines of a natural arrangement of the Falconidae. Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ., Ser. 2, No. 4: pp. 225-231,[17], 44 drawings on 8 pls. Orig. printed wrs. of journal issue. Waterstain on front cover, spine neatly mended with matching paper, good otherwise. - € 40.00

  225.         Riley, J.H., 1925. A collection of birds from North and North-Central Celebes. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 64(16): pp. 1-118, refs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 10.00

  226.         Riley, J.H., 1926-1931. A collection of birds from the provinces of Yunnan and Szechwan, China, made for the National Geographic Society by Dr. Joseph F. Rock. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 70(5): pp. 1-70, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - [WITH:] A second collction of birds from the provinces of Yunnan and Szechwan [...]. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 80(7): pp. 1-60, refs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 16.00

  227.         Rios Naceiro, F. de los, 1850. Catálogo de las aves observados en las cercanias de Santiago y otros puntos de Galicia. Mem. R. Acad. Cienc. Madrid, Ser. 3, Cienc. Nat., 1(2): pp. [ii],93-116. 4to. Plain new wrs. - € 20.00
  228.         Roberts, A., 1942. The birds of South Africa. [Third impression (reissued).] London: H.F. & G. Witherby [for] The Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund. 8vo, 22cm. Pp. xxxvi,463, col. frontisp., 875 col. figs. on 55 pls. by Norman C.K. Leighton, bibl., indexes of Latin, English, and Afrikaans names. Orig. cloth. - € 35.00

  229.         Römer, A., 1863. Verzeichniss der Säugethiere und Vögel des Herzogthums Nassau. Aus den nass. naturw. Jahrbüchern H. XVII und XVIII. Wiesbaden: J. Niedner. 8vo. Pp. [ii],76,[2], 2 fold. letterpress tabs. Orig. printed wrs. - € 35.00

  230.         Rothschild, N.C., & Wollaston, A.F.R., 1902. On a collection of birds from Shendi, Sudan. The Ibis, Ser. 8, 2: pp. 1-33, 1 chromolithogr. pl. (Cisticola aridula and 3 eggs of other sp.). 8vo. Extract, plain new wrs., uncut. Half of last text page in old typescript copy. - € 10.00  

  231.         Salvadori, T., & Giglioli, E.H., 1888. Ucceli raccolti durante il viaggio della corvetta "Vettor Pisani" negli anni 1879, 1880 e 1881. [Estr. dalle Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II, Tomo XXXIX.] Torino: Ermano Loescher. Folio, 31.5cm. Pp. [ii],99-143. New plain wrs., uncut. - € 27.50
    ¶  South-East Asia, esp. Japanese and Chinese coasts. Listing 87 species, partly with descriptions.
     
  232.         Sassi, M., 1932-1935. Die Vögel der Österreichischen Costa-Rica-Expedition. I-II. Temminckia, 3: pp. 279-322; 4: pp. 135-222. Two parts in one volume, plain new wrs. Repar to inner blank margin of first leaf, good otherwise. - € 14.00

  233.         Sassi, M., 1940. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vogelwelt des Songa-Distriktes mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Matengo-Hochlandes (D.O.A.). Ann. Natuthist. Mus. Wien, 51: pp. 236-346, 1 map. 4to. Plain new wrs. First page a bit creased, good otherwise. - € 15.00

  234.         Schaanning, H.T.L., 1907. Østfinmarkens fuglefauna. Ornithologiske meddelelser vedrørende trakterne om Varangerfjorden, specielt Sydvarangers fauna i aarene 1900-1906. [Bergens Mus. Aarbog 1907. No. 8.] Bergen. 8vo. Pp. 98, 3 pls. (from drawings by Harald Engelsen), short bibl. Plain new wrs. - € 14.00

  235.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1947. New or little-known Colombian birds. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 99: pp. 107-154. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 6.50

  236.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1951. Northern Rhodesian birds. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 103: pp. 23-63. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  237.         Schauensee, R.M. de,  1952. A collection of birds from Southeastern Nariño, Colombia. (Colombian Zoological Survey, Part X.) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 104: pp. 1-33, 1 col. pl. of Phlegopsis barringeri by E.L. Poole. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs. - € 6.00

  238.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1952. A review of the genus Sporophilia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 104: pp. 153-196, 2 maps. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 7.00
     
  239.         Schlegel, Hermann (1804-1884). De vogels van Nederland. Tweede herziene druk. Amsterdam: G.L. Funke, 1878. 8vo. 23cm.  Vol. 1: pp. [4],ii,lxxii,135,[35], many figs. of bird's heads on 17 chromolithogr. pls.; vol. 2: pp. [4],ii,136, many figs. of bird's heads on 18 chromolithogr. pls., 18 chromolithogr. pls. of birds in their natural environments. Two volumes bound in one, contemp. (original?) green gilt-, black- and blind-stamped cloth, charming decorative gilt-blocked vignette of swan and young on front cover. Re-set in binding, new endpapers, near fine otherwise. - € 250.00
    The bird volumes from the series "Natuurlijke Historie van Nederland", with the bird's heads. The first edition appeared in 1860.

  240.         Schumacher, S. von, 1956. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Waldhühner. Sonderdruck aus Das Hahnenbuch von Hans Schulberger. München: F.C. Mayer, [1956]. Large 8vo. Pp. 48, 33 illus. in text. Offprint, stapled as issued. € 8.00

  241.         Schwarthoff, H., 1974. Vögel im Jülicher Land. [Beiträge zur Fauna des Rheinlandes, 4.] Greven: Kilda-Verlag [for] Gesellschaft Rheinischer Ornithologen. Pp. 309, 47 photos, 7 maps, 4 fold. leaves of diagrs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 20.00

  242.         Serres, M. de, 1842. Des causes des migrations des animaux, et particulièrement des oiseaux et des poissons. [Natuurk. Verh. Holland. Maatsch. Wet., 2e Verz., 2.] Haarlem: A. Loosjes. 4to. Pp. [4],iv,322,[2,errata]. Orig. blue stiff wrs., uncut. - € 67.50

  243.         Sharpe, R.B., 1899-1908. A hand-list of the genera and species of birds. (Nomenclator Avium tum fossilium tum viventium.) London: British Museum (Natural History). 8vo. 22cm. Vol. 1: pp. xxii,303; vol.. 2: pp. xvi,312; vol. 3: pp. xii,367; vol. 4: pp. xii,391; vol. 5: pp. 694; index at end of each volume. Orig. cloth. Rubbing to bindings, joints neatly reinforced, occasionally pencilled notes or additions. - € 125.00
    Working set from the library of the Dutch ornithologist and mammalogist Frederik Hendrik van den Brink (1905-1998), with his exlibris in each volume. The concluding 6th volume (general index) is not present.

  244.         Shnitnikov, V.N., 1949. Ptitsy Semirechya. Moskva: Naklatelstvo Akademii Nauk SSR. 4to, 26cm. Pp. 664,[4], 139 maps and 44 figs. and photos in text, bibl. Orig. printed cloth. Very good. - € 39.50
    ¶  Russian text. "The birds of Semirechye (Central Asia)."

  245.         Short, L.L., & Horne, J.F.M., 1985. Behavioral notes on the nest-parasitic afrotropical honeyguides (Aves: Indicatoridae). [Amer. Mus. Novit., 2825.] New York: American Museum of Natural History. 8vo, 25.3cm. Pp. 46, 21 photos and figs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 9.00

  246.           Shufeldt, R.W., 1883. Osteology of Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. / Osteology of Eremophila alpestris. / Osteology of the North American Tetraonidae. / Osteology of Lanius Ludovicianyus excubitorides. Osteology of the Cathartidae. [Extracted from:] Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical survey of the Territories: a Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part I. Washington: Government Printing Office. 8vo, 22.7cm. Pp. [ii],593-806, many figs. on 24 fine tinted lithogr. pls., several wood-engraved figs. in text; xerox copy of title-page of Report volume in front. New boards. - € 75.00

  247.         Siivonen, L., 1948. Structure of short-cyclic fluctuations in numbers of mammals and birds in the northern parts of the northern hemisphere. [Papers on Game Research, 1.] Helsinki: Finnish Foundation for Game Preservation. 8vo. Pp. 166, 34 figs. and 39 diagrs. in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 16.50

  248.         Skryabin, N.G., editor, 1979. Ekologiya ptits basseina oz. Baikal. Irkutsk. 8vo, 20cm. Pp. 158,[2], tabs. and some figs. in text, refs. Orig. printed wrs. - € 15.00
    ¶  Russian text. "Ecology of the birds of the basin of Lake Baikal."

  249.         Smit, C.J., & Wolff, W.J., editors, 1980. Birds of the Wadden Sea. Final report of the section ‘Birds’ of the Wadden Sea Working Group. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. Pp. 308, 205 figs., maps and diagrs., 70 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 22.50

  250.         Smith, L.H., 1968. The lyrebird. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press. Large 8vo. Pp. xii,115, 101 photos of which 20 coloured, map, bibl. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 22.50

  251.         Snouckaert van Schauburg, R.C.E.G.J. Baron, 1908. Avifauna Neerlandica. Lijst der tot dusverre in Nederland in wilden staat waargenomen Vogelsoorten. (Uitgaaf zonder platen.) Leeuwarden: Meijer & Schaafsma. 4to, 25cm. Pp. 160,[2], index. Orig. wrs., uncut & unopened. Part of covers faded, very good otherwise. - € 25.00

  252.         Spiker, C.J., 1935. A popular account of the bird life of the Finger Lakes section of New York, with main reference tp the summer season. Roosevelt Wild Life Bull., 6(3): pp. 385-551, 57 photos, 1 fold. map, refs., index. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 16.50

  253.         Stadler, H., 1930. Vogeldialekt. [Alauda, 2, Suppl. I.] Paris & Dijon. Pp. 66, refs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - German text - € 9.00

  254.         Stadler, H., 1932. La voix des chouettes de l’Europe moyenne. Extrait de l’Alauda [...]. Angers. Pp. [44].  Orig. wrs. - € 6.50

  255.         Stegmann, B., 1930. Die Vögel des dauro-mandschurischen Uebergangsgebietes. Jour. f. Ornith., 78(4): pp. 389-471, 1 fold. map, 1 pl. Plain new wrs. Ten lines of text of final page supplied in typescript. - Second (last) instalment not included. - € 10.00

  256.         Stegmann, B., 1936. Die Vögel des nördlichen Baikal. Journ. f. Ornith., 84(1): pp. 58-139, 4 photos on 2 pls., 3 sketch maps in text, bibl. Journal issue wrs., uncut. - € 15.00
           
  257.         Stein, G.H.W., 1936. Beiträge zur Biologie papuanischer Vögel. (Ornithologische Ergebnisse der Expedition Stein 1931-1932. V.) Journ. f. Ornith., 84: pp. 21-57. Plain new wrs. - € 6.50

  258.         Steinbacher, J., 1962. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vögel von Paraguay. [Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 502.] Frankfurt  a.M. 4to, 30cm. Pp. 106, 4 maps, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50

  259.         Stölker, C., 1875. Ueber Schnabelmissbildungen. Ber. Thätigk. St. Gall. Naturwiss. Ges., Jg. 1873/74: pp. 453-480, 6 figs. on 2 tinted lithogr. pls. 8vo. Orig. printed wrs. of journal issue. - € 10.00

  260.         Stone, W., 1936. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934. Part VI. Birds. Proc. Acad. Nat./ Sci. Philadelphia, 88: pp. 529-598. Plain new wrs. - € 10.00
     
  261.         Stresemann, E., 1951 (1996).  Die Entwicklung der Ornithologie. Von Aristoteles bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Peters, facsimile reprint Wiesbaden: Aula Verlag. 8vo, 23cm. Pp. xvi,431, frontisp., notes, bibl., name index, subject index. Orig. laminated boards.  Fine. - € 49.50

  262.         [ Stresemann ]  Haffer, J., Rutschke, E., & Wunderlich, K., 2004. Erwin Stresemann (1889-1972), Leben und Werk eines Pioniers der wissenschaftlichen Ornithologie. 2., korrigierte Auflahe. [Acta Hist. Leopold., 34.] Stuttgart. 8vo. Pp. 465, 73 illus., bibl., index. Orig. boards. - € 38.00

  263.         Strijbos, J.P., 1964. Nieuw-Zeeland. Het land van de lange witte wolk. Met kleuren- en vele zwart-wit-foto’s van de auteur en zijn vrouw. Amsterdam: L.J. Veen. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 172, col. frontisp., many photos on 40 pls., bibl. Orig. cloth. - With special reference to bird life.  -  € 14.50

  264.         Suetens, W. (et al.), 1961. De avifauna van de Braekmanpolder. Le Gerfaut/De Giervalk, Jg. 1961 (2): pp. 1-50, 1 sketch map. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 7.00

  265.         Sundström, C.R., 1888. Ornithologische Angaben (für 1886 und die nächtstvorhergehenden Jahre) aus verschiedenen Orten in Schweden. (Mitteilungen des Ornithologischen Komitees der Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. II.) [Bih. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Afd. IV, 14(1).] Stockholm. 8vo, 22.5cm. Pp. [ii],160, fold. tabs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 16.00

  266.         Sundström, K.-E., 1927. Ökologisch-geographische Studien über die Vogelfauna der Gegend von Ekenäs. [Acta Zool. Fenn., 3.] Helsingfors. Pp. 171, 27 photos on 13 pls., 1 fold. col. map, 1 portr., 15 distrib. maps in text, bibl. Orig. wrs., uncut. Spine neatly mended. - € 16.50 
           
  267.         Sushkin, P., 1912. Die Vogelfauna des Minussinsk-Gebietes, des westlichen Teils des Sajan-Gebirges und des Urjanchen-Landes. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1912: pp. 198-400, 1 map. New plain wrs. - € 20.00

  268.         Sushkin, P.P., 1927. On the anatomy and classification of the weaver-birds. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 57(1): pp. 1-32, 18 figs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 6.00

  269.         Swarth, H.S., & Bryant, H.C., 1917. A study of the races of the white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) occurring in California. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 17(11): pp. 209-222, 1 pl., 2 figs., refs. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs., uncut. - With signature of the Dutch naturalist W.C. van Heurn (1887-1972) and note "1918 Nov., San Francisco". - € 4.50

  270.         Syroechkovsky, E.V., editor, 1987. Ekologyia i migratsii lebedei v SSSR. Moskva : Nauka. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. 152,  few distrib. maps and tabs. in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 14.00
    ¶  Russian text. "Ecology and migration of the swans in the USSR."

  271.         Taczankowski, L., 1879. Liste des oiseauzx recueillis au Nord du Perou par MM. Stolzmann et Jelski en 1878. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879: pp. 220-245, 3 lithogr. pls. finely coloured by hand. 8vo. Extract, plain new wrs. Five final lines of text of page 245 in neat manuscript. - € 25.00
    ¶  Plate 1 shows Cyclothis contrerasi (Zofja Glaser dl., J. Smit lith.), and plate 2 Pipreola lubomirskii, by J. Smit.

  272.         Tanis, J.J.C., 1963. De vogels van Terschelling. Overzicht van alle op het eiland waargenomen soorten. [RIVON Meded., 143.] Leeuwarden: Fryske Akademy. Pp. 160, 7 fold. tabs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50

  273.         Thomson, J.A., 1923. The biology of birds. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Pp. xii,436, col. frontisp., 8 pls., 59 figs., bibl., index. Orig. cloth. Binding a little marked (mostly at ends of backstrip), contents very good. - With bookplate of Tracy Irwin Storer. - € 16.50

  274.          Tinbergen, N., 1958. Vogelleven. Met foto’s en tekeningen van de auteur. Uit het Engels vertaald door Hans Warren. Amsterdam: Ploegsma. 8vo. Pp. 64, frontisp., text illus. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. Some rubbing to jacket, else good. - € 10.00

  275.          Todd, W.E.C., 1914. The birds of the Isle of Pines. Incorporating the substance of field-notes by Gustav A. Link. Ann. Carnegie Mus., 10: Pp. 146-296, 10 photos of biotopes on 6 pls., 1 map, refs. Plain wrs. - West Indies. - € 16.00

  276.          Tolman, R., 1977. De kievit. Een monografie over onze nationale vogel. Tweede, herziene druk. Baarn: Bosch & Keuning. Pp. 211, 8 illus., bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 7.50

  277.             Tolmer, L., 1931. Les becs croisés en Normandie. Caen: Jouan et Bigot. Pp. 107,[5], bibl. Orig. wrs. Front cover with stain and edge wear, good otherwise. - € 10.00

  278.          Tolsma, W., 1936. Vogelbescherming. Praktische vogelzorg om huis en hof en in de vrije natuur. ‘s-Gravenhage: Nederlandsche Vereeniging tot Bescherming van Dieren. Pp. viii,248, many photos and figs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  279.          Tordoff, H.B., 1964. A systematic study of the avian family Fringillidae based on the structure of the skull. [Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 81.] Ann Arbor, Mi. Large 8vo, 25.5cm. Pp. 42, 71 figs., refs. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 10.00

  280.          Toussenel, A., 1853-1855. L’esprit des bêtes. Ornithologie passionnelle. Paris: Librairie Phalanstérienne. Vol. 1: pp. [8],iv,484,[2]; vol. 2: pp. viii,412,[2]; vol. 3: pp. [iv],372,[2], engraved frontispiece portrait of author. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, backstrips with raised bands. Bindings a bit worn at edges and corners of covers, contents very good save for a little foxing or browning in a few places.  - Scarce first edition of this popular treatise, an early attempt at a behavioural psychology and sociology of birds, written in a very readable literary style but combined with scientific thorougness. It went through four editions of which the last appeared in 1864. - Wood p. 600. Ripley & Scribner 291. - € 175.00

  281.          Tubià, J.F., 1912. Aves de Cataluña. Mem. R. Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat., 7(6): pp. 455-609, 81 figs. in text, index. New boards. Last leaf with marginal repair without loss of text, very good otherwise. - € 35.00
            
  282.         Valenciennes, A., 1807. Observations sur le genre des Langrayens (Ocypterus), et description de quatre nouvelles espèces de ce genre. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7: pp. 20-27, 6 figs. on 3 engraved pls. 4to. Old plain wrs., uncut. Small waterstain on one blank corner of plates, little foxing. - € 22.50

  283.         Valverde, J.A., 1955-1956. Essai sur l'aigrette garzette (Egretta g. garzetta) en France. [I-III.] Alauda, 23(3): pp. 145-171; 23(4): pp. 254-279; 24(1): pp. 1-36; with 17 figs., tabs., bibl. 8vo. Three offprints (complete) in one volume, plain new wrs. - € 12.00

  284.         Vaurie, C., 1964. A survey of the birds of Mongolia. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 127(3): pp. 103-144, 2 sketch maps, 1 pl., ref.s. 4to. Orig. wrs. - € 9.00

  285.         Verreaux, J., 1866. Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appartenant à la collection zoologique du Muséum. N. Arch. Muss. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 2: pp.  21-25, 2 lithogr. pls. (J. Hüet lith., Imp. Becquet) finely coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm.  Offprint, orig. printed wrs. Few faint foxing spots on plates. - Describing and depicting Cantropus lafresnayanus J. Verr. (from Celebes), Tanysiptera riedelii J. Verr. (from northern South America), and Myiobius latirostris J. Verr. (from Madagascar). - € 40.00

  286.         Vidal, I., 1850. Catálogo de las aves de la Albufera. Mem. R. Acad. Cienc. Madrid, 1: pp. [ii],167-199. 4to. Plain new wrs. Facsimile of title-page of journal volume in front. - € 20.00

  287.        Viksne, Ya.A., & Mikhelson, Kh.A., editors, 1985. Gruiformes - Charadriiformes. (Migratsii ptits Vostochnoi Evropey i Severnoi Azii.) Moskva: Nauka. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. 304, 170 maps and 46 tabs,. in text, bibl. Orig. cloth. - € 20.00
    ¶  Russian Text, but title, list of contents and text to maps with English translation. "Migrations of birds of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia."

  288.         Viksne, Ya.A., editor, 1989. Anseriformes. (Migratsii ptits Vostochnoi Evropey i Severnoi Azii: Plastinchatoklyuvye.) Moskva: Nauka. 8vo, 21.3cm. Pp. 260, 101 maps in text, tabs., bibl. Orig. boards. - € 20.00
    ¶  Russian text, but title, text to maps and list of contents with English translation. "Migrations of birds of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia."

  289.         Vogelwerkgroep Noordwest-Achterhoek. Jaarboek 1991. [Lochem.] 4to. Pp. 46,[2], several maps, figs., tabs. and diagrs. Orig. wrs. - € 8.00

  290.         Voigt, A., 1909. Exkursionsbuch zum Studium der Vogelstimmen. Praktische Anleitung zum Bestemmen der Vögel nach ihrem Gesange. 5. vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Leipzig: Quelle u. Meyer. Pp. 326, illus., index. Small 8vo. Orig. flexible printed decorated cloth. - € 21.50

  291.        Voous, K.H., & Marle, J.G. van, 1953. The distributional history of the Nuthatch, Sitta europaea L. Overdruk uit Ardea [...], Jaargang 41, Extra nummer. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Pp. 68, 1 diagr. and 2 maps in text. Orig. wrs. - € 7.50       

  292.         Wagner, G., Tschanz, B., & Küng, K., 1957. Die Vogelinseln von Röst (Lofoten). Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern, N.F., 15: pp. 59-92, 8 photos on 4 pls., 5 figs., bibl. Plain new wrs. - € 6.00

  293.         [ Wayne, A.T. ]  Sprunt, A., Jr., & Chamberlain, E.B., 1931.  Second supplement to Arthur T. Wayne's Birds of South Carolina. [Contr. Charleston Mus., 6.] Charleston, S.C.: Charleston Museum. 8vo. Pp. x,37. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 5.00

  294.         Wesslén, S., [n.d., c. 1930?]. Im Tal der Königsadler. Berlin: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 82, frontisp. sketch map of Norrland province (Sweden), 70 photos on 30 pls. Orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  295.         Wetmore, A., 1926. Report on a collection of birds made by J.R. Pemberton in Patagonia. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 24(4): pp. 395-474, 3 pls., 11 figs., refs. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 14.50

  296.         Whistler, H., 1925. The birds of Lahul, N.W. Himalaya. The Ibis, Ser. XII, 1: pp. 152-208, 4 photos on 2 pls., 1 sketch map in text. Offprint, orig. wrs. Spine mended. - € 9.00

  297.         Wiggelaar, A.J., & Veenman, J., 1960. Botshol. Een inventarisatie van de vogelwereld. Amsterdam: Commissie voor de Vecht en het Oostelijk en Westelijk Plassengebied. Pp. 76, 20 photos on pls., figs., maps, diagrs., index. Orig. cloth-backed laminated boards. - € 14.00        

  298.          Winterbottom, J.M., & Uys, C.J., 1969. Some birds of the Cape. Cape Town: Purnell. 4to. Pp. 123, 16 pls. of color photos, many photos in text, checklist. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 18.50

  299.         Witherby, H.F., 1901. An ornithological expedition to the White Nile. The Ibis, Ser. 8, 1: pp. 237-277, 1 sketch map. Extract, plain new wrs. - € 10.00
    Includes short notes on 138 species listed.

  300.         Wolda, G., 1918. Ornithologische studies. A. Physiologische verschijnselen bij eenige soorten. B. Ontwikkeling in den nestbouw en de daarmee gepaard gaande physiologische, morphologische en biologische verschillen. ‘s-Gravenhage: Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel. 4to. Pp. 101, 2 fold. diagrs., several figs. and photos in text and on pls. Orig. wrs. - € 15.00

  301.         [ Wolda, G., ] 1921. Vogelkultuur en vogelstudie. [Versl. Meded. Phytopath. Dienst, 17.] Wageningen. Pp. 28, 1 fold. tab., 2 photos on 1 pl., 6 diagrs. Orig. wrs. - € 6.50

  302.         Wray, C.F., 1964. The bird in Seneca archeology. [Printed in:] Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., 11(1): pp. 1-28, 24 photos on 7 pls., refs. Lge. 8vo. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - Seneca Indians, northeastern United States. - € 7.00

  303.         Wüst, W., 1973. Bibliographie zur Avifauna Bayerns. [Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-nat. Kl., N.F., 153.] München. 4to, 29.5cm. Pp. 203, index of species, index of subjects and personal and geographic names. Orig. wrs. - Contains 4711 references  listed alphabetically by author. - € 29.50       

  304.         Yepez Tamayo, G., 1955. El orden Ciconiiformes y sus representantes en Venezuela. [Printed in:] Mem. Soc. Cienc. La Salle [Caracas], 25(40); pp. 5-44, 11 photos in text, 1 col. illus. on front cover. Complete journal issue (84 pp.), orig. stiff wrs. - € 9.00

  305.         Yurlov, K.T., editor, 1981. Ekologiya i biotsenoticheskie svyazi pereletnykh ptits zapadnoi Sibiri. [Trudy Biol. Inst. Sibir. Otl. Akad. Nauk, 36.] Novosobirsk. 8vo, 21.8cm. Pp. 288, tabs. and diagrs. and some photos in text, refs. Orig. cloth. - € 21.50
    ¶  Russian text.  "Ecology and biocoenotic relationships of the migratory birds of Western Siberia."

  306.            Zang, H., & Heckenroth, H., editors, 2001. Die Vögel Niedersachsens und des Landes Bremen. Lerchen bis Braunellen. [Natursch. Landschaftspfl. Niedersachsen, Sonderr. B, 2.8.] Hildesheim. 4to, 30cm. Pp. 260, numerous maps and diagrs., tabs., extensive bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 25.00

  307.          Zomerdijk, P.J., et al., 1971. Broedvogels van Noord-Holland Noord. Zaandijk : J. Heijnis Tsz. 8vo. Pp. 215, photos, tabs., distrib. maps, bibl., index. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 9.50

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